[lbo-talk] Tariq Ali Endorses Kerry . . . for the Battleground States

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com, Sun Oct 31 09:15:32 PST 2004:
>Thomas Seay wrote:
<snip>
>  >Come on, why this misrepresetation?  I am voting for
>>Kerry and certainly not because he is my "new-found
>>hero".  I doubt, no, I know he is not Doug's new-found
>>hero either.  I would be the first to admit though,
>  >that I am making this choice as an act of desperation.
>>  By my calculation, at the very worst, we will be no
>  >worse off.
>
>People like Brad can't seem to handle the idea that one can vote for 
>someone who you know sucks, just because he sucks less than the 
>other guy, and because you think that nonsucky politics would do 
>better if the really sucky guy loses. Thus all this stupid 
>caricature of "new-found hero." I loved Tariq's phrase, "rage from 
>outer space."

According to Tariq Ali's own elaboration, however, "Many dear friends 
are committed to voting Nader/Camejo. On the West Coast and in New 
York this registers a vote to the left of Kerry and could add to the 
pressure but only if Kerry were elected."  Voters in such one-party 
states as New York and California -- like Doug and Thomas -- should 
be voting for a candidate to the left of Kerry (Nader, Cobb, or any 
of the other candidates on the left) and adding to "the pressure" on 
Kerry.
-- 
Yoshie

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