Republicans who came of age in the FDR era were deeply infected with “Me too’ism”. “Me too’ism” I define as a willingness to support, continue and expand the FDR welfare/socialist state. They don’t think it fundamentally wrong-headed, they’re convinced that with the necessary tweaking and money management it can be made to work better. Those few that were convinced its the wrong way to go were unable to articulate it properly and were therefore unelectable. You shouldn’t be too hard on them. A politician is not gong to favor something he knows means certain defeat a the polls. The “public (a voting majority!)” wanted “Socialism Lite”. That’s still pretty much the case.
You shouldn’t be too hard on them. A politician is not gong to favor something he knows means certain defeat a the polls. The “public (a voting majority!)” wanted “Socialism Lite”. That’s still pretty much the case.