[lbo-talk] Class Action: The Million Worker March, October 17

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 18 11:33:39 PDT 2004


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>
>>The Black commentator
>
>Who, by the way, thinks that voting for Kerry is an imperative,
>expressed in very very strong terms
><http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#040930>.
>
>Doug
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>Hmmm... I'm not sensing that from what this says.
>It sounds more like they'll vote for Kerry and then look for a
>place to vomit.

Here's an excerpt from what Ford said (starting around 8 minutes into the interview)


>[a long litany of Kerry/DP sins precedes this question]
>
>DH: Have they moved so far to the right, taking their base (which
>heavily relies on black voters) for granted, that it's worth
>punishing them?
>
>GF: There is nothing more important than defeating Bush. Bush is a
>clear and present danger to the world. These Bush pirates have set
>out to destroy world order, to get rid of the United Nations, so as
>to re-order the world. They put all of us, everyone on this planet,
>in danger. There's nothing more important than getting rid of Bush.
>We'll have to deal with Kerry later.

I think that qualifies as strong language.

Doug



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