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Mike's position reminds me of the story I've told before--brace yourself, you're going to hear it again--about when I asked a great uncle why he voted Republican. He told me about his grandfather and Abraham Lincoln and how, in his youth, he got inspired by Teddy Roosevelt. Well, I was just a wee sprout at the time, but knew that Abe Lincoln was dead about ninety years before and Teddy Roosevelt had almost forty years before. Nowadays, every time I have a serious discussion with someone who thinks we should vote Democratic, they tell me about FDR, a mere eighty years ago or maybe LBJ half a century in the rear view mirror. In the end, though, Mike's presented no real evidence for this fanciful interpretation of WWII (which really fleshed out the American empire), much less addressing the situation we face right now. several generations later. . . . Because the Democrats have changed very fundamentally . . . according to the Democratic movers and shakers themselves. This is often seen as a superficial shift to the right, but it reflects a series of deliberate structural changes in the character of the party to promulgate a new strategy. Cheers, Mark L. PS: As to whether that pits us against "the resistance" . . . .well, let me take a page from Mike's approach and go back to WWII. If a French person grumbles about the German occupation but supported the Vichy as a "lesser evil," would you take that as the position of "the resistance"? _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
