Re: Every family has its ups and downs -- Poppy throws Teddy at W

[Andy Coates <esquincle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Fred for sending that along.

But I missed your familiar intro, and wonder what you thought about it.

"Poppy throws Teddy at W"  .wait.
Is there really a great political division here?

Could it not instead reflect the contintuing unity among the American
bourgeoisie and their parasite caste of Republican and Democratic
representatives with respect to the conquest of Iraq?

If I might paraphrase the import of the award to Ted Kennedy from
Poppy Bush -- perhaps it is the bourgeoisie's little committee saying
(however loudly or quietly):  "Thank you Teddy for splitting hairs!
Now, go on, oppose the war -- but support the conquest!  And here's a
green light for you personally, Ted (we're such old friends) - to let
loose with the rhetoric, for it shall help us all in the end, since
you know the rules so well..."

On the other hand I agree with Georgie Anne Geyer that the recent
Kennedy speech, announcing his "No" vote on the $87 billion for the
Iraq war, stands out on its own, in its context (along with the
speeches of Senator Byrd) -- as part of the big bourgeois discussion.
 If immediately it forms one pole of that spectrum of that greater
discussion, it demands analysis.

http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/03/10/2003A16738.html

Here is part of Kennedy's 'bottom' line, from that speech:

"No one doubts that the United States should remain in charge of the
military operation.  But internationalizing the reconstruction is not
a luxury; it is an imperative.  Sharing authority with the United
Nations to manage the transition to democracy will give the process
legitimacy and gradually dispel the current stigma of occupation --
especially if it is accompanied by the creation of a more fully
representative interim governing council to deal with day-to-day
administrative responsibilities.

As soon as possible, we need to redouble the effort to bring in forces
with regional faces-- especially Muslim faces..."

While here is much that is useful to all who want to stand up against
the US war on Iraq, I suspect the Globe story suggests ruling class
discord where there is in fact two part harmony, in nearly perfect pitch.

Andy



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