Re: How come nobody talks about the New socialist senator
On Nov 8, 2006, at 8:57 PM, tfast wrote:
Sure but he does have a perfect voting record on union
legislation. I know I know. But CCs commentary aside (which is wrong because aparently
Sanders does a pretty good job at helping his poorer constiuents) the
question is how such an non-establishment character who self describes as a
socialist manages to keep getting elected? And the answer to that question
is hopeful no?
It is, though Vermont is a weird state. It’s almost Canadian.
Katha Pollitt’s ex, Paul “The Last Marxist” Mattick Jr, once
preposterously argued that Sanders couldn’t be a socialist because
Vermont had no proletariat, which he defined as old-line industrial.
Doug