The Abramoff Babies

Like the "Watergate Babies" of 1974, the new Democratic Congress will have to pick between sustanative or procedural reforms.

By Christopher Hayes

In 1972, after Richard Nixon crushed George McGovern by 503 electoral votes, the press rushed to declare the Democratic Party dead. Yet two short years later, Nixon was gone, Watergate and its associated crimes were exposed, and the Democrats had a banner year, gaining 49 seats in the [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Christopher Hayes’ “substantive reform” seems to be mostly moving towards socialist policies.  These generally don’t work.

    United States Posted by chopper on Oct 19, 2006 at 6:17 PM

    chopper,
    I live in a democratic country that would in no way describe itself as ‘socialist; and much of what US liberals want ot reform is just standard operatiing procedure elsewhere. You guys need to grow up, and stop labelling everything you are unfamiliar with as ‘socialist’ It is not that I think the term in itself is an insult, it is just that it is used incorrectly by US conservatives, mostly as a result of igorance and a provincial inability to unertsand anything not ‘made in USA’.

    Australia Posted by Jane Doe on Oct 28, 2006 at 11:50 PM
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