When opposing voices do not oppose
by Paul Craig Roberts
CounterPunch
04/04/05
The opposition party does not oppose. The Bush administration has given Democrats more opportune targets than President Clinton's sexcapade with Monica Lewinski provided Republicans. But the Democrats are too weak to capitalize on the political opportunities. The failures of Democrats and Republicans offer chances to libertarians. But libertarians are politically impotent. Their ideology and abstract commitments are perceived as taking precedence over the wellbeing of their fellow citizens...
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts04042005.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
CounterPunch
04/04/05
The opposition party does not oppose. The Bush administration has given Democrats more opportune targets than President Clinton's sexcapade with Monica Lewinski provided Republicans. But the Democrats are too weak to capitalize on the political opportunities. The failures of Democrats and Republicans offer chances to libertarians. But libertarians are politically impotent. Their ideology and abstract commitments are perceived as taking precedence over the wellbeing of their fellow citizens...
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts04042005.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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