Re: [Pen-l] Socialism Gaining Ground in America

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marv Gandall wrote:
> If the crisis continues to deepen, however, we can expect many disaffected
> Americans who are now giving Obama the benefit of the doubt to turn to
> right-wing demagogues blaming the mounting unemployment and plummeting
> living standards on the failed "socialistic" politicies of the
> administration as well as on "greedy Wall Street speculators". We know where
> that poisonous amalgam has led in the past.

and there's a scapegoat waiting that movement's ire: immigrant workers
who are "taking 'our' jobs away from us." I sure that the gays,
lesbians, bis, and transgender types will get some flack, too.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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