1. The amount of nonsense in this tweet is really astonishing. McGovern didn't lose because of his economic policy but Nixon used Feds to turbo-charge economy & create false boom (which quickly deflated after Nixon re-elected)https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1188083974146592774 …
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3. Nixon was successfully able to divide Democratic coalition on social issues ("Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion"). But here, the culture has changed & Dems consensus strongly pro-LGBT, reproductive freedom. Marijuana legalization looks like a winning issue (as it was in Canada).
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4. Maybe the one salient lesson from 1972 is that if a left candidate runs, establishment Dems will go out of their way to sabotage the campaign (LBJ told Nixon he preferred him to McGovern). In that sense, Summers tweet is a threat.https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1188083974146592774 …
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5. Also, any statement Larry Summers makes against wealth tax has to be weighed against fact he benefits from current inequality since as university major-domo he was showered with plutocratic largess. Addendum: Here's a photo of Summers with Jeffrey Epstein.pic.twitter.com/g8wyG4Ox0r
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Also, Eagleton. And
@LHSummers is indeed stuck in the last century, in a time before extreme wealth disparity and Citizens United put the issue front and center. -
Fun fact: it was revealed by Bob Novak in his autobiography nearly 40 years after the fact that Eagleton was the source of the "acid, amnesty, and abortion" quote during the primaries.https://newrepublic.com/article/108977/acid-amnesty-and-abortion-unlikely-source-legendary-smear …
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Don’t expect unions to come out big for Warren. Amy and Biden would get far more trade union support.
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