> So if it's worthwhile to vote for a candidate, it's worthwhile to
> campaign
> for him or her (or at least refrain from campaigning against them).
> That's
> where my comment about individualism among the far left comes from--
> folks
> talk about their individual actions but seem to have no sense of
> collective
> organizing and the cumulative effects of that individual campaigning.
> The
> rightwing is very clear about those effects: they lay out their
> talking
> points, broadcast them, then watch their foot soldiers magnify the
> message
> across every media source, radio show and Internet source possible.
This is more or less what Nathan is doing here on behalf of Kerry--but I suppose that's a right-wing tactic (since, after all, it is effective), and we wouldn't want to do something like that.
All the best,
John A