The American Crises
Connie Clark
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Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:51:28 -0800 (PST)
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Very interesting stuff that Nightbyrd sent. What about the dollar? Does it matter? Further evidence of America economy running low under current leadership is Paul Krugman from NYT today. He's worried about 'deflation', which most of us don't really understand, but do know that jobs are disappearing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/opinion/31KRUG.html
IMHO, the centrism of the Democratic Party of the recent decade was a reaction to the successful branding of Dukakis "the Liberal" (a Reagan dirty word) of the very focused Republican right wing. Will the Demos turn left this time, I believe so. The party base will rally to a liberal, if inspired.(Ahh the rub). I'm hopeful that the present republican administration will crash and burn, but only if folks realize what they are really doing! They are right-wing, but not so idealistic that they do not see where the bread is buttered. Corporate whores. If more of the facts about Republican Conservatism is known by the ordinary working class, they may turn away from the last 2 decades of anti-liberalism. Below is good summary of the common Bush Administration policy:
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"It is simply unnecessary for the White House to generate its own policies because that role has been filled by business lobbyists. Bush has abdicated to K Street the basic functions of domestic governance, not merely in cases where K Street's interests run roughshod over liberal principles, but in cases where they contradict conservative principles as well. Indeed, the simple rule for understanding Bush's economic policy is that in virtually every instance, whether tacking right or left, the president sides with whatever interest group has the strongest stake in the issue at hand. The result is an administration whose domestic actions persistently, almost uniformly, fail to uphold the broader public good."
This article also notes mainstream media timidity on criticism, as they are also wary of the 'liberal' tag.
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021230&s=chait123002
will they turn to McCarthy era bashing in the name of patriotism, to maintain power? I don't think Americans will buy it. Sometimes the optimist.Connie
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<P> Very interesting stuff that Nightbyrd sent. What about the dollar? Does it matter? Further evidence of America economy running low under current leadership is Paul Krugman from NYT today. He's worried about 'deflation', which most of us don't really understand, but do know that jobs are disappearing.
<P><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/opinion/31KRUG.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/opinion/31KRUG.html</A>
<P> IMHO, the centrism of the Democratic Party of the recent decade was a reaction to the successful branding of Dukakis "the Liberal" (a Reagan dirty word) of the very focused Republican right wing. Will the Demos turn left this time, I believe so. The party base will rally to a liberal, if inspired.(Ahh the rub). I'm hopeful that the present republican administration will crash and burn, but only if folks realize what they are really doing! They are right-wing, but not so idealistic that they do not see where the bread is buttered. Corporate whores. If more of the facts about Republican Conservatism is known by the ordinary working class, they may turn away from the last 2 decades of anti-liberalism. Below is good summary of the common Bush Administration policy:
<P>ie
<P>"It is simply unnecessary for the White House to generate its own policies because that role has been filled by business lobbyists. Bush has abdicated to K Street the basic functions of domestic governance, not merely in cases where K Street's interests run roughshod over liberal principles, but in cases where they contradict conservative principles as well. Indeed, the simple rule for understanding Bush's economic policy is that in virtually every instance, whether tacking right or left, the president sides with whatever interest group has the strongest stake in the issue at hand. The result is an administration whose domestic actions persistently, almost uniformly, fail to uphold the broader public good."
<P>This article also notes mainstream media timidity on criticism, as they are also wary of the 'liberal' tag.
<P><A href="http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021230&s=chait123002">http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021230&s=chait123002</A>
<P>will they turn to McCarthy era bashing in the name of patriotism, to maintain power? I don't think Americans will buy it.
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<ADDRESS>Sometimes the optimist.</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Connie</ADDRESS>
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