The two most important blocks of this coalition are the economic royalists, those corporate leaders and high net worth families with vast fortunes at their disposal who are primarily interested in an economic agenda that eliminates as much of their own taxation as possible, and an agenda that removes regulatory obstacles and competition in the marketplace. They provide the bulk of the resources that have financed the now extensive network of foundations, think tanks, political action committees, media companies and front groups capable of simulating grassroots activism. The second of the two pillars of this coalition are social conservatives who want to roll back most of the progressive social changes of the 20th century, including women’s rights, social integration, the social safety net, the government social programs of the progressive era, the New Deal, the Great Society and others.
What a difference in intellectual capacity and insight between our present President and the one who was righfully our choice, were it not for the massively fraudulent purging of voter registration roles in Florida, among the many other glaring injustices that took place.
Bush would just look at the above quote from Gore and say “Huh? Uhhh… freedom and liberty!”
That was the same sentiment I had when I read that Al Gore profile piece in the New Yorker that I recently linked to last week. Al Gore is an amazingly intelligent man who doesn’t have neo-conservatives using him as a puppet.