>>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041122&s=pollitt
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>[But how useful is Pollitt's message, which seems to be, "Don't
>Organize, Commit Suicide"? That's the only way I can interpret her
>conclusion, i.e:]
>
>Maybe this time the voters chose what they actually want:
>Nationalism, pre-emptive war, order not justice, "safety" through
>torture, backlash against women and gays, a gulf between haves and
>have-nots, government largesse for their churches and a
>my-way-or-the-highway President.
>
>Where, I wonder, does that leave us?
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>[Where indeed!]
I'm surprised to find myself counseling against excessive pessimism, but it was 51-48, not 60-40.