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December 11, 2004
Corporate values are not family values
David Sirota makes the case for John Edwards and his One America theme without even mentioning them, in a great article on the potential for a Democratic populist majority:
If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels, crying 'class warfare' is the last refuge of wealthy elitists. Yet, inexplicably, this red herring emasculates Democrats in Washington. Every time pro–middle-class legislation is offered, Republicans berate it as class warfare. Worse, they get help from corporate factions within the Democratic Party itself.But as countless examples show, progressives are making inroads into culturally conservative areas by talking about economic class. This is not the traditional (and often condescending) Democratic pandering about the need for a nanny government to provide for the masses. It is us-versus-them red meat, straight talk about how the system is working against ordinary Americans.
Corporate America is not very popular in Rural America, or in the rest of the country, either.
Posted by Mike at December 11, 2004 08:30 PM
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