[With a resounding and characteristic cock-up that ably…]
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With a resounding and characteristic cock-up that ably characterised his four miserable years of Presidency, Jimmy Carter chose a key point in his Democratic convention speech to pay tribute to "Hubert Horatio Hornblower ... 1 mean Humphrey"
One might wonder why a man who cannot even read out a speech to a hall packed with Democratic Party supporters should currently be President of the most powerful imperialist nation on earth.
Certainly Carter's candidacy was far from a delight for all: delegates: his triumphant speech was even booed when election he referred to conscription and Afghanistan, and his special Cold War advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski was jeered as he came onto the platform.
But the 'liberal' capitalist strategy pressed by Edward Kennedy is out of line with America's big capitalists who call the shots in party politics.
Thatcherite They want a tough, Thatcherite line against the US working class-and look to either Carter or Reagan to provide it.
And with US voters now faced with a choice of three capitalist candidates, the need to build a Labour Party based on the unions is more obvious than ever before.
THANK YOU, SEN. KENNEDY, FOR THAT ROUSING INTRODUCTION...
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