Comments on: Guess Who Came to Iftar for Dinner? http://spitfirelist.com/news/guess-who-came-to-iftar-for-dinner/ Web site and blog of anti-fascist researcher and radio personality Dave Emory. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rob Coogan http://spitfirelist.com/news/guess-who-came-to-iftar-for-dinner/comment-page-1/#comment-6975 Rob Coogan Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:05:38 +0000 http://spitfirelist.com/?p=10681#comment-6975 Excellent observation, Dave. The point being, as I see it, that "conservative" and "reactionary" are two distinct things. Currently, most Republican legislators and paid noisemakers from Fox, et al, know their task is to muddy the discussion, and gum up the processes and agendas -- liberal, conservative, what have you -- and of course to get re-elected by the very voters they are screwing over. Meanwhile, ANY administration can dine with whomever they please, as long as the core constituency is served the largest helping. (Is it passé to call it the military-industrial complex?) It will be interesting to see if and how Brand Obama gets thrown to the dogs before '12, but so far the bailouts and the growing war machine in Afghanistan have kept the masters happy. Excellent observation, Dave. The point being, as I see it, that “conservative” and “reactionary” are two distinct things. Currently, most Republican legislators and paid noisemakers from Fox, et al, know their task is to muddy the discussion, and gum up the processes and agendas — liberal, conservative, what have you — and of course to get re-elected by the very voters they are screwing over.

Meanwhile, ANY administration can dine with whomever they please, as long as the core constituency is served the largest helping. (Is it passé to call it the military-industrial complex?) It will be interesting to see if and how Brand Obama gets thrown to the dogs before ’12, but so far the bailouts and the growing war machine in Afghanistan have kept the masters happy.

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