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>>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>Subject: Re: Weigh-in on NY mayor elections?
>>Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:55:54 -0500
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>>I almost voted for Bloomberg for just that reason - that an essential
>>prerequisite to even mildly progressive politics in NYC is the
>>destruction of the Democratic Party, at least in its present form. I
>>ended up not voting for him because I just couldn't bring myself to
>>do it.
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>Apocalyptic "let the worst leadership get in power because then the
>people will rise" logic really scares me.
That's not what I'm driving at at all - I'm completely opposed to that apocalyptic logic. Policy-wise, Bloomberg is just not that different from Green. The right is vocalizing loudly about how he's to the left of Rudy - even, gasp, an avowed liberal. I'm hoping that a weakening of the Dem machine will result in some rethinking within the party as well as fresh activity outside it. Right now, the NYC Democratic party is somewhere between worthless and malignant.
Doug