On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:37 PM, c b wrote: > Point is that FDR and Lincoln were not so voluntarily courageous > as you might think. They were "made" to do it by strong social > movements from below ( not a small group of progressives). There is > no comparable social movement for progressives to represent in making > Obama do it. Lincoln was very pragmatic/opportunist.
Lincoln and FDR were produced by a society that was rising in wealth and power. Obama is the product of a society that's rotting. Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
