NationStates Jolt Archive

A friend pointed this little quote out to me that he found in a CBS News story. Apparently McCain is courting not just independents, but everyone and their brother.

"People ask me about turnout, we want republicans, democrats, libertarians, vegetarians, Trotskyites, whoever will come out and vote for us. And obviously we are trying to motivate our Republican base, but we want everybody."

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/01/15/politics/fromtheroad/entry3718096.shtml

I think that this is just as interesting as hell. I can kinda understand the others, but why "Trotskyites"?

It's all because of you.

It's all because of you.

I regret nothing. :p

(I'm not a Trotskyist, but I'll happily take the credit)

A friend pointed this little quote out to me that he found in a CBS News story. Apparently McCain is courting not just independents, but everyone and their brother.



I think that this is just as interesting as hell. I can kinda understand the others, but why "Trotskyites"?

OUR BELOVED TROTSKY HAS RETURNED TO US TO SAVE US FROM THE OPPRESSIVE RULE OF STALIN!!!

I think that this is just as interesting as hell. I can kinda understand the others, but why "Trotskyites"?

Some of the contemporary Republican Neoconservative establishment are former Trotskyists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism#History_and_origins). They abandoned socialism for capitalism, but the perpetual worldwide revolution survived in a new form of agressive militarism...