I think that he is a self-identified populist, but so was Lyndon Johnson.
Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 michaelperelman.wordpress.com -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Bill Moyers versus the lapdog media He's not really "under cover." It's more a matter of him saying "I'm a liberal if being associated with the liberal Kennedy-Johnson administrations makes me a liberal" (a paraphrase) and the like. He correctly made the point that in mainstream US political discourse, the word "liberal" is more of a swear-word than a word with real meaning. On 4/26/07, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings Economists, > On Apr 26, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > > > he is mainstream. I heard him on US NPR the other day (on Terry > > Gross's "Fresh Air") and he went out of his way to limit the extent to > > which he was seen as "liberal." > > Doyle; > Ha ha, an under cover liberal. They meet in secret to further > subversion of the American way. They watch over and over Edward R > Murrow. > > But in public they pretend they aren't They must be outed. > Doyle > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
