Those of us who follow Jim's advice have a much more pleasant Day After.
Carrol
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Subject: Re: Tariq Ali endorses Kerry, denounces Nader
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:04:34 -0700
From: "Devine, James" <jdevine at LMU.EDU> Reply-To: PEN-L list <PEN-L at SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU>
If people are to act "politically and maturely" in 2008, what are they to do to punish President John Kerry? -- Yoshie
One thing that's political and mature is to simply IGNORE the 2008 election and continue to work on the anti-war and similar radical projects that were ongoing during 2007 rather than shelving them in 2008 to "win" the fixed election (the way a lot of leftists typically do). If enough people ignore the election, it won't go away, but maybe (Redsox willing) we'll have some victories on other fronts -- which will really scare the powers that be, much much much more than Nader does.
BTW, to talk of stringing up Bush or whomever not only attracts negative attention from the Secret Service but also is merely empty rhetoric until there's an extraparliamentary mass movement.
JD