[lbo-talk] Nader and His Detractors/Kerry

Michael Dawson mdawson at pdx.edu
Tue Oct 12 19:59:29 PDT 2004


Hey, Lacny: I ASKED to hear the reasons why Kerry won't privatize SS, if you actually bother to read what I said. Unlike you, I prefer not to have 100 percent of my salami hidden in the DP's back pocket.

Where will you be if Kerry does indulge privatization? Will you pay my retirement benefits? You seem 100 sure it won't happen.

I agree there's a difference on this important issue, but it ain't night and day.

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of John Lacny Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:07 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Nader and His Detractors/Kerry

Joe Wanzala's latest offal:


> Kerry will 'suffer' the same fate, and again, instead of
> pressuring a Pres. Kerry, the left will be too busy
> defending him from 'the right'. So much for the ABB
> strategy of electing Kerry, then getting to work keeping
> his feet to the fire.

Translation:

"If Kerry wins, I plan to spend the next four years smugly berating others for supposedly not doing what I am too dumb, lazy and incompetent to do myself. Then, should my predictions come true, I will get to bask in the glory of pinpoint-accurate, self-fulfilling prophecy. And besides, I need an excuse for sitting on my ass and doing nothing even as others are working to actually defeat the regime I profess to despise, but in fact objectively support."

So much for Wanzala. Perhaps Carrol Cox and Michael Dawson can respond with more evidence-free assertion about Social Security to the effect that it makes no difference whether a candidate who has promised explicitly not to privatize it does or does not triumph over a candidate who is openly in favor of privatizing it? Because that would make a lot of sense.

- - - - - John Lacny http://www.johnlacny.com

People of the US, unite and defeat the Bush regime and all its running dogs!

___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list