[lbo-talk] Comment on F-9/11

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Sun Jun 27 10:51:59 PDT 2004


John Thornton wrote:


>> You cannot know for certain what would have transpired had a
>> different course of action taken place. It is by its nature
>> unknowable. Challenging the legitimacy of the sham election in FL
>> would have demonstrated to the citizens of the US and the rest of the
>> world that this election was not recognized as legitimate by members
>> of the ruling class themselves. That could have translated into many
>> things in the "real world". That act may have provided some members
>> of the administration with the fortitude to oppose the current war in
>> Iraq before it started. It is impossible to know what effect positive
>> or negative it may have had but it would have at the very least
>> denied the appointed President legitimacy in many peoples eyes.
>> You're making excused for the fact that every Democrat in the Senate
>> shit on everyone including you.
>
Well said and cogently argued. Last I heard, those disenfranchised voters in Florida still can't vote.

Joanna


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