Hey, you get no argument from me on that one. That's why I spent Tuesday doing some street preaching of abstentionism.
> In this way, Ms. Ehrenreich cuts out from under herself and her followers
> the right to dismiss as illegitimate any candidate who emerges victorious in
> this system.
This is a setback for humanity? Perhaps for the Nation liberals who are booking suites on the next Nation cruise, but certainly not the rest of humanity.
> She could have made a case for abstention.
Well, I did and my website got a big surge in hits this week: http://www.infoshop.org/voting.html
> But she did not. She made a case for participating in the electoral system
> and thus further legitimizing its results; and since she was persuading
> potential Gore voters to defect to Nader, she was in practical terms
> contributing to Bush's victory the legitimacy of which she has strengthened
> by encouraging the participation in the system: "we have to live with Bush
> now because we want people to live with Nader when our man wins."
I think most of this vote trading is crap, plus all the blame-flinging. Whatever happened to choosing the candidate you prefer and sticking with them? I have my criticisms of Ralph Nader, but I respect him for having the political balls to see his candicacy through to the end. A lesser candidate would have caved and endorsed Al "kill the Iraqis" Gore.
> She has done great harm, and should never again be allowed top billing in a
> leftist publication. Her leftism is truly infantile of the drama queen sort.
Leftist periodicals could use a few more drama queens. Perhaps you could find yourself a column?
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