On the other end of a very narrow spectrum, there's all the working class folks who buy the tripe peddled by Democrats about "The New Deal" being the greatest thing for ordinary "middle class" American-dreaming Americans since sliced Velveeta, when in fact it was cooked up at the last minute to head-off "the solidarity that the working class demonstrated in the 1930s."
Forty-seven percent of the people can be part right all of the time Some of the people can be all right part of the time But all of the people can’t be all right all of the time I think Mitt Romney said that “I’ll let you be in my drone if I can be in yours” I said that On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Robert Naiman < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, isn't it a big part of the story that for a lot of people, what > Romney said and what it meant isn't fully "revealed" yet. For people > that closely follow politics, it's an earthquake. But if you don't > closely follow politics, you might just see it as more noise that > you're not really paying much attention to because you don't see it as > potentially having a huge impact on you. So maybe what is needed isn't > so much more such revelations as more work drawing the lines for > people between what Romney said and what the practical consequences > for working people of what Romney said are. > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Michael Meeropol <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I wish I could be optimistic that the fact that Romney insulted large > swaths > > of the white working class in his 47% remarks would lead to many of them > > waking up to their need to be in solidarity with the poor, people of > color > > (poor and non-poor), and to break their connection with the right-wing > > fat-cats. Here's why I'm not optimistic. WHen Romney refers to those > who > > are dependent on government and refuse to take personal responsibility, > the > > white working class (and the right-wing white retirees) say to > themselves: > > "That ain't me." > > > > The unwillingness to entertain a different way of looking at the world > when > > facts that contradict your world-view are thrown right into your face > (as in > > Romney's comments) seems to be a constant --- It will take many more > > revelations such as Romney's speech to create the solidarity that the > > working class demonstrated in the 1930s and the next 30 years or so ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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