Brian Charles Dauth wrote:
>
> But the questions I raised in my post are still on the table, most
> importantly to me: "How does one justify entering a competition one has no
> hope of winning, but whose outcome one can influence toward the terrifying
> (the election of a racist reactionary like Bush)?"
>
1. I'm tending to the view that both Yoshie and I should forget the election for a month or two and explore more interesting questions, but one does tend to scratch an itch.
2. The election of Bush is not terrifying. The continued absence of a strong left movement independently of the electoral process _is_ terrifying.
Carrol