>The question is whether those who promise to protest against John
>Kerry after he gets elected will be campaigning for a candidate to
>the left of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in
>2008 or they will be resurrecting the arguments against Nader/Camejo
>2004 in 2008. If the former, they may be called Anybody But Bush
>campaigners, and their support for the Democratic Party is limited
>to this election year; if the latter, they are indeed supporters of
>the Democratic Party, now and forever.
Quoting myself from LBO #108, already sent to Acrobat subscribers, and in the mail to print subscribers:
>If Kerry wins on November 2, he should become the enemy on November
>3. His inauguration should be as much a target for protest as a Bush
>inauguration would be. The left, broadly defined, has gotten a bit
>lazy over the last year or two. All you have to do to gather a crowd
>these days is to denounce the president as a lying dolt and make a
>joke about Ashcroft's name. What happens if this gang is turned out
>of office? Will Al Franken and David Corn turn into cheerleaders for
>the new regime? One hopes not, but you can already imagine the
>excuses being made. Let them make their excuses if they must; for
>the rest of us, the disappointment will be something to work with.