Quotes of Eric Alterman - somelinesforyou

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ The word liberal has been employed as the political equivalent of an untreatable but potentially containable social disease — the kind that could be contracted merely by going to a foreign movie or ordering a decaf latte, or worse, a glass of French wine. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ If liberalism has grown so weak and ineffective, why does it evoke such alarm on the part of conservatives? It turns out that while liberals are weak and spineless, they are also sneaky and clever. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ If liberalism has grown so weak and ineffective, why does it evoke such alarm on the part of conservatives? It turns out that while liberals are weak and spineless, they are also sneaky and clever. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ If liberalism has grown so weak and ineffective, why does it evoke such alarm on the part of conservatives? It turns out that while liberals are weak and spineless, they are also sneaky and clever. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ”

- Eric Alterman

“ Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria. ”

- Eric Alterman
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