>Since the defeat of Gore and the Democrats was an
>important political goal for you,
No. My goal is building indpendent left political movements. The Democrats, and loyalty to the Democrats, are obstacles to this.
> which Bush policy do
>you look forward the most to see implemented:
>
>1. A constitutional amendment banning abortions?
Will never happen.
>2. An end to affirmative action?
It's mostly over, no?
>3. 15 minute reviews before sending convicted
>prisoners to their deaths?
Good thing the Clinton years have been a time when the DP was suspended!
>4. A generation of Scalias and Thomases on the
>Supreme Court and the federal bench?
Gore & Lieberman voted to confirm Scalia, no?
>5. Reactionary, anti-labor hacks running NLRB, OSHA,
>etc.? Anti-public education hacks running the
>Department of Education? And so on.
>6. Replacement of federal aid to public schools with
>voucher money for private schools?
Don't like either 5 or 6. So if it happens, we'll have to get out into the streets. Which is where we should be defending abortion access, too, no? Did Clinton really do much to defend abortion access?
>7. Refusal to add "sexual orientation" into
>anti-discrimination and anti-hate crime laws?
I don't like hate crime laws.
>8. Tax breaks for the wealthy?
Don't like those. But as Max Sawicky pointed out, Bush's plan offers nontrivial relief to the $35,000 set.
>9. Massive additional spending on the military?
Gore proposed twice the increase Bush did, and derided Bush for wanting to skip the next generation of missiles, whatever that is, whyever we need it.
>10. An end to federal spending on the arts?
Won't happen. The bourgeoisie likes their symphonies and museums too much.
Doug