Who said Meany was an industrialist? I believe @wanderfound said he was “establishment”. That is a true assessment. Kind, but true. (See the AFL-CIO’s role in 1973 Chile, and every other Cold War imperialist action taken by the US.). Labor leaders like George Meany whose only goal was a seat at the establishment table are one of the reasons organized labor is dead in the U.S.
I for one do. He may not have been as personally powerful as he once was, but he was not a trivial character.
Democrats for Nixon was not marginal. It got a lot of media. Beyond who was actually signed up, the group gave cover to the entire political establishment in the U.S. South (which at that time was still firmly in the hands of the Democrats) and prominent conservative Democrats everywhere, to openly support Nixon and still remain in the party.
