September 28, 2008 archive
Sep 28 2008
From across the Pond: Will the crisis lead to the rebirth of the Labour left?
Original article via Socialistworker.org (UK):
Now, I know what you’re thinking (well, maybe one or two of you): rjones2818’s gone off the deep end now, trying to connect the Labour party in the UK with the Democrats in the US. The comparison is good in the sense that both parties are the one’s who are said to represent working people. The difference is that there actually is a Left in Great Britain, so a return to the left is not out of the question for Labour. If the Left actually took control of the Dems, it’d be something of a revolution (the Left, as it is in the US, has been tromped upon by the Dems since at least post-1972’s election). The comparison is valid in that both Labour and the Dems have come under the thrall of neoliberalism. So…
Sep 28 2008
Reid: “I know John McCain”
I’m not a Harry Reid fan, but neither am I a McCain fan.
From RawStory, with a video from PoliticsTV:
After trumpeting the need for his participation in Washington to discuss the proposed bailout of Wall Street, Sen. John McCain did not participate much in the talks, said U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Reid criticized McCain, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, for remaining silent for the first hour of the meeting.
“Finally Senator Obama said, ‘Can we hear from Senator McCain?’ and he didn’t say anything of substance, literally,” Reid said in a video available below. “That meeting at the White House was a waste of time.”
Reid claimed McCain’s unwillingness and inability to speak about the $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush administration underlined his inability to lead the country.
“I know John McCain,” Reid said. “John McCain does not have the temperament to be president of the United States and he has proven that in the last week.”
Sen. Harry Reid gives an inside account of the White House meeting on 9.25.08, reporting Sen. John McCain barely said a word, and that his participation “blew up” negotiations on Capitol Hill. Reid says McCain’s behavior this week shows he doesn’t have the temperment to be President.
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