A bit of juicy drama unfolded in New York this past week, as longtime allies and congressional 'neighbors' Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney faced off for the Democratic nomination to represent the redrawn NY-12 Congressional district.
This comes as no surprise at all. Jerry Nadler is an old fellow-traveller (cf. his coziness with the vile National Lawyers Guild); and since the 1930s the crypto-Stalinists have, whenever necessary, consistently eliminated their Trotskyite rivals in the name of "doctrinal purity." If this cut-throat maneuvering had taken place anywhere outside of Manhattan, Maloney would probably be jailed, dead, or in exile now.
A shame they both couldn't lose.
This comes as no surprise at all. Jerry Nadler is an old fellow-traveller (cf. his coziness with the vile National Lawyers Guild); and since the 1930s the crypto-Stalinists have, whenever necessary, consistently eliminated their Trotskyite rivals in the name of "doctrinal purity." If this cut-throat maneuvering had taken place anywhere outside of Manhattan, Maloney would probably be jailed, dead, or in exile now.