[lbo-talk] Kerry's Tax Cut Makes Me Wanna Ralph

[kelley at pulpculture.org]

At 10:08 AM 4/1/2004, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>Your standing on the upcoming election, however, is equivalent to
>proposing a faith therapy instead of a questionable treatment.  The
>choice is between a solution that may have some limited effect (voting
>for Kerry) and the one that is 100% certain not to have any effect at
>all (voting for Nader & Co.).  Most rational people would opt for the
>former, even if they expected only rather limited results.  Yet, you opt
>for the latter.  WHY?  Can you explain your thought process?

Yoshie's argued that voting for a democrat would have a deleterious effect 
on the antiwar movement. She also casts the differences between the two 
parties differently:

      There is a difference between the two parties.  Democrats may

      possible succeed where Republicans have failed: e.g., making the

      occupation of Iraq a little more economical by getting more money

      from Europe, Japan, and Gulf states; and reintroducing conscription

      by disarming working-class opposition to it and demobilizing liberal

      activists from protests. -- Yoshie

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