Re: Bush, the lesser evil?

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Or, more to the point, whether Johnson or Goldwater
won in 64. Kerry may get stuck as a Johnson unless he
finds a face-saving exit, fighting an unwinnable war
he didn't believe in. We can quote his own best line
at him. But the war apart, LBJ presided over The Great
Society, the expansion of the welfare state, appointed
the real Warren Court, gave us the 1964 Civil Rights
Act (Title VII) and the Voting Rights Act, a tolerably
decent NLRB, and aggressive desegregation policies --
just for starters. I don't minimize his crimes, but
there were real differences between Johnson and
Goldwater, awful as LBJ's foreign policy was. Maybe
these didn't justify "Part of the way with LBJ" in
1964 or early '68, and Kerry's no LBJ. Hell, Kerry
makes Nixon look like a red. But the total balance of
the decision can't rest on just the war policy. jks


--- Mike Ballard <swillsqueal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Does this mean that you don't think it mattered
> whether FDR or one of his Republican opponents
> became
> President in the 30s and 40s?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike B)
>
> --- Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Louis Proyect effectively demonstrates how the
> > concept of "the lesser
> > evil" becomes nonsense, even on the most pragmatic
> > opportunist
> > tactical level, as two bourgeois candidates for
> > President, and their
> > supporters, circle round each other, trying to
> avoid
> > giving the other
> > side opportunity for attack.
>
>
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