[lbo-talk] forewarned is forearmed

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 2 15:56:39 PDT 2004


R wrote:


>1. few people at the NYC demonstrations were carrying Kerry for
>President signs.

The Counterpunch piece understated the number of Kerry signs. There more than a few - not boatloads, but more than a few.


> not much in itself but indicative of the fact that few people have
>Kerry bumperstickers across the nation (i've seen almost none on the
>Los Angeles freeways or streets -- and that's a lot of cars believe
>me) and few people are kerry supporters; the move is basically ABB.

There are plenty of Kerry buttons in NYC.


>2. Bush has appeal for middle americans and kerry doesn't.

*White* middle Americans, you probably mean - an appeal based on religion and race. It's not pretty, but you've got to admit it's real.

Doug



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