[lbo-talk] Bush good for The Nation

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Fri Aug 20 11:39:28 PDT 2004


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Michael Hoover wrote:
>
>> comment from national review guy is most important portion of article,
>> reminds of how
>> 'well' some environmental, women's, civil liberties, civil rights groups
>> did re. fundraising and membership during reagan 80s, says little about
>> actual political directions/
>
>
> Yup. There's a lot of cheap anti-Bush agitation going on, a lot of it
> pretty content-free. (There's that Jim Hightower book cover that has him
> standing next to a pic of Bush on which he's just drawn Satan-like
> facial hair.) It'll be interesting to see what happens with that
> infrastructure should Kerry win.

See Moveon.org for another example of content-free anti-Bush agitation.

I'm just worried about the collapse of left publishing after a Kerry victory in November. There is a rash of new anti-Bush books coming out, which would go straight to the remainder bin with a Kerry victory.

Another sign of anti-Bush zeitgeist: Several days ago I was talking to a lady at Northern Sun merchandising in Minnesota. They are the famous company which produces lefty t-shirts, buttons, and bumper-stickers. I asked her if Bush was good for their business and she laughed and said, "Oh, yes!"

Chuck0



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