bad nooz for Dems

[Max B. Sawicky]

. . .
The impulse to build grassroots-controlled organization a la the Greens is
the right one-- I just wish it was devoted to a strategy that was not so
organized for spoiler and failure.  The unions in the 30s build the first
Political Action Committee for a similar purpose and were very successful.
The idea is not new, but since Goldwater took over the GOP in the 1964
nomination using the Young Republican-YAFer base, the rightwing has been far
more disciplined in national electoral organizing.     -- Nathan Newman

1.  In the U.S. political system, third parties have proven
to be effective means of exerting pressure and forcing changes
in the major parties.  The Populists, the socialists in the
1930's, the Dixiecrats, George Wallace, and Perot all influenced
changes in the major parties.

2.  The way they do this is by using appealing ideas to deliberately
reduce the strength of their 'target.'

3.  The more you can piss off the target, the more effective you are
becoming.  Hence the justification for Nader running hard in marginal
states, and discounting differences between Gush and Bore.

4.  The delusions of some Nader supporters, e.g., we helped dem candidates,
gore would have lost anyway, etc. etc. are irrelevant.  So are repeated
demonstrations that the Repugs are worse than the Dems.  That's beside
the point.  They're not good enough.

5.  The Dems stink worse every day.  In case nobody has noticed, the leader
of
the 'left wing' has just gone over to the DLC, and the leaders of the DLC
are
attacking Bush's military policy from the right.

6.  Say I:  spoil and spoil away.  There hasn't been nearly enough pain.
Bring more.  I have yet to see Democrats who defect to the right (i.e.,
George Meany) live to regret it, or fail to be welcomed back when things
were more to their liking.

mbs