p. 26,para. 2/the argument....by radically conservative ideology, are you speaking of our Constitution?
Let me just repeat the line in question from my book, Terry, so that others may interpret your cryptic message. I wrote of the change in the nation's political calibration:
"It was the result of a deliberate, stealthy campaign waged and funded by a relatively small number of wealthy white men whose only real political allegiance was to a radically conservative ideology."
Well Terry, I'm no legal scholar, but last time I checked there was nothing in the Constitution that prevents the federal government from regulating commerce, protecting consumers, redistributing income or recognizing and enforcing civil rights. So to the extent that anyone believes that these functions are violations of our rights as citizens, then yes, that sounds radical to me, and no, I don't think it casts aspersions on the Constitution, which is as fine a document as was ever written or ever will be. (Though perhaps not as awesome as the Declaration of Independence.)
I appreciate your reading the book. I expect you'll find some things in there you agree with and many that you don't.
on March 31, 2010
