The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend
I was walking by Whole Foods, and there were bohemian-dressed young men in front, representing a PAC that I will not mention by name on a high-traffic website, selling a book by their candidate calling for the resignation of Dick Cheney. They wanted to return to a US in the model of FDR.
So I stopped.
I wouldn’t buy the book, but I agreed to take their pamphlet literature. I was pressed extensively for a donation. I gave $2 to cover their printing costs for the pamphlets, but told them I needed to read the literature before making any further contribution. This seemed odd to them. Foolishly, in retrospect, I also gave my name, telephone number, and email address.
So I read the literature. The FDR model that they want to return to is an industrial economy. The reason this is OK is that, they claim, global warming is a scientific fraud. Why they think this way and hate Dick Cheney I do not know. But do note: Whole Foods plus natural fiber clothes plus anti-Dick Cheney does not necessarily equal friend to a liberal.
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