[lbo-talk] Re: please, ralph, NOOO!!!

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Lance Murdoch lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:34:54 -0500 (EST)
>On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>  There's *lots* of blame to go around. But somehow Naderites are
>  > extremely unwilling to take their share...
>
>Of course I'd expect Mr. DeLong to take this position.  The problem 
>isn't that 50% of the eligible (and as studies show, inherently 
>left) population doesn't vote, it's that 1-2% of the population dare 
>to vote for a candidate to the left of a typical DLC "new" (but not 
>"new deal") Democrat.  From this world view, it's preferable that 
>this rabble of 50% is alienated from politics.

It's like an under-funded public school, from which poor students are 
_expected_ to drop out. . . .
-- 
Yoshie

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