splintering of the left

[joanna bujes]

At 01:22 PM 04/22/2002 -0400, Doug wrote:
>Nathan, the splintering is in no small part the result of the
>weakness of the soft left's message. It inspires no one - at best
>it's just a lesser evil. It's passionless and empty. At worst, it's a
>diluted, devious shadow of the right. Aside from people looking for
>patronage, it gathers no electoral base and has no influence on
>political discourse. Against that, someone with the passionate
>intensity of LePen looks energetic and principled. Our fucking Dems
>couldn't even get terribly excited about the theft of the 2000
>election; Gore sent the organizers home from Florida, filed a few
>lawsuits, and then withdrew to grow a beard. It's a doomed strategy.
>
>Doug

Thanks Doug. Well put. I'm still scratching my head about the Demo no op 
(no operation) after the election.

Joanna