Perhaps the following, which I wrote on lbo, will give substance to my posts on this thread. Typos corrected.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Dick Morris: Dems to split, thanks to far left Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:02:45 -0600 From: Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doug Henwood wrote: > > <http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/index.php?idX1647.html> > > The Coming Democratic Party Civil War > By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann > > > But this theater is not going to appease the left. They did not elect > Democrats to Congress so they could hold hearings. They expect laws > not shows. Their frustration will become increasingly apparent as the > Cindy Sheehans of the world react to the increased troop commitment > in Baghdad. The left will launch campaigns of civil disobedience, > public marches and protests, online petitions, and the like. It will > be the 1960s all over again. No. I thought this two years ago, but even though I thought I knew the centrality of the black liberation movement to the '60s I didn't put this knowledge to work. No anti-war movement by itself can amount to anything. None ever has. None ever will. It would be nice though if we could destroy the DP. Carrol
