FW: [Peace-discuss] Another Democrat betrayal

C. G. Estabrook galliher at uiuc.edu
Sun Sep 28 15:27:32 CDT 2008


Perhaps because the bailout is so obviously counter to the expressed free-market 
ideology of the party.


LAURIE SOLOMON wrote:
>  
>> The question is, why have the latter acted differently and blocked a matter
>> of obvious importance to big business?  Part of it is that some of them 
>> really believe the ideology (small government, etc.) that's been their 
>> smokescreen for a generation.  The rest is that they're far enough down the
>> food-chain not to have been forced covertly to adopt the interests of the 
>> few while they proclaim what they take to be the interests of the many.
> 
> Hmmm!  In all honesty, I have to ask if these were the reasons (or even 
> significant reasons), why has it not shown up with more frequency and with 
> respect to other sorts of legislation?  Why is this piece of legislation the
>  one that produced the rebellion?



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