Yoshie Wrote:
> For instance, suppose that Bush narrowly wins the electoral college with
> only 40% of the popular vote, with 21% of the popular vote going to Nader
> and other candidates on the left and 39%, going to Kerry --
> that will be a far more symbolically powerful way of denying Bush and
Yoshie is this a mistype: "with 21% of the popular vote going to Nader and 39% to Kerry --"
I suppose hypothetical can involve the use of any numbers you like but some referent to a possible reality for this election and not some numbers for your fantasy election of the future would be good. All these fantasy numbers of yours serve to do is to obviscate the real strategic bind that those of left find themselves.
Far better to get Kerry elected and then have the spectacle of the Dems unleashing the hounds and thugs on the anti-war, anti-poverty, anti-racist and anti-capitalist left. Surely this will make your case for the need for a third party stronger. With Bush in office you will simply bolster the case against any third party and have succeeded in strengthening two party dominance!
Of course you would know better than I.
Travis