[lbo-talk] Dean: transformative?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 21 12:37:03 PDT 2003


Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:


>If the Demo candidate makes one or more major promises (e.g., progressive
>taxation, jobs program, withdrawal from Iraq, labor law reform, getting
>tough on Israel, etc.), I'll probably vote for him/her, even though I fully
>expect quick betrayal of the promise. If we get another Gore-style
>campaign, I'll vote Green. If Gore had acknowledged Nader and adopted even
>a single one of Nader's platform planks, I'd have voted for Gore last time,

If the Green party had used the last few years building a national movement, and if Nader had used his fame to help it out, I might be persuaded. But it's just not working out that way.

Doug



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