The only true liberal?

Economics is not a science and cannot be completely thought through rationally because it's a human system, with all the inherent contradictions and weakness that such an agent implies. Those who would talk about the "wisdom of the market" are misguided. The market system does not contain it's own inherent logic, and it is not a fair system, because humans are not fair. A gulf between rich and poor, such as it now is in the US, is antithetical to a democracy.

We've lacked, for a long time, a viable Democratic candidate who can offer a reasonable set of limits on unbridled capitalism. Clinton didn't do it. Perhaps Carter tried to do it. I'd like to see some wealth redistribution and as dubious as Edwards is in some respects, he's the only candidate who really seems to take on the taboo of the very real class war that is played out every day in America. Class is the unmentionable word. In America, it's all the more insidious because it remains unmentionable. It's unacceptable in a country with so much wealth, to have so much deprivation.

The only "true liberal" candidate that I can see is John Edwards. Here's his stance on the issues. He seems to be the only candidate that is in solidarity with the working class. I may have to end up voting for him.

Though some of my friends and many of my acquaintances may be aghast to find that I support the US war in Iraq and other acts of intervention in the Middle East, I note that Edwards is against it. I may have overlook this fact in view of his purported domestic policies.