[lbo-talk] The Politics of Fear

[martin]

This is the second time in recent weeks that I've been struck by what I 
can only view as your elitist posturing. Intellectualism? The sitting 
president is where he is in large part due to his anti-intellectual 
positions. He has enervated a core constituency on this basis alone, 
apparently. There should be a message in there that you could use to 
develop a more popular position for your political agenda and 
constituency and thereby broaden your own base.

Martin

On Jul 14, 2004, at 10:08 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Some ABB intellectuals appear to imagine that the ABB intellectual 
> chorus has negative impacts only on

and


> About half of the eligible electorate do not bother to vote -- some 
> because they do not have time, some because they don't think elections 
> matter.  Some non-voters, however, do not vote because neither the 
> Democratic nor the Republican Party addresses their needs and 
> concerns, desires and aspirations, and it is important to at least try 
> to give them a reason to participate in politics.
>

Apparently the third parties have not set fire to the 'needs and 
concerns, desires and aspiration' either.