[lbo-talk] Re: Nader and his detractors

[John Thornton]

He can and I fear he will try. That has always been, in my mind, the 
greatest threat to working Americans that a Kerry presidency poses. 
Unfortunately the other option isn't any better. A Bush presidency would 
probably be worse. No guarantees that it would, it is possible that Bush 
could serve as a powerless President if the Dems win enough votes in other 
races but it is a slightly bigger gamble to take in my eyes.

John Thornton


>Is Carrol right here?  It seems true to me that certain things only DP
>presidents can do, like Slick Willie's "welfare reform."  Will Kerry gut SS?
>Why or why not?
>
>John Gulick wrote:
> >
> > [clip] at the very least isn't it fucking
> > shameful how far to the right the Dumbocrats are willing to push public
> > discourse in order to get into office? And won't there be immense pressure
> > on a Dumbocrat-controlled foreign policy apparatus, if elected, to make
>good
> > on its preventive war _promises_?
>
>Yes. And if Kerry wins there will be a serious threat to social
>security. We can't depend on Monica any longer to save it.
>
>Carrol