Category: Politicians

Someone asked me privately about my claim that classism has something to do with the attitudes of some people toward John J. Dougherty. “What makes you think that?” she said. Well, a number of years ago ago I got accused by a fairly wealthy person in Northwest Philadelphia of supporting the “corrupt Dougherty-Brady” wing of the Democratic Party because I opposed the neo-liberal darling of the upper middle class in a citywide primary race. This was at a time when Dougherty and Brady were not only factional opponents in the Democratic Party but barely on speaking terms. What would lead someone to talk about the Dougherty-Brady wing of the party, other than ignorance? What did they have in common at the time? You tell me. Continue reading