[lbo-talk] Re: Powerless Religious Right?

Bradley Mayer Bradley.Mayer at Sun.COM
Thu Sep 16 09:58:35 PDT 2004


C'mon Doug, you are AGAINST Nader because in truth you are FOR the Democrats, like the rest of the Left. Unlike the rest of the left, you're just less than honest about it.

There's plenty to criticize about Nader, as apposed to being _against_ Nader. There's a qualitative difference between criticism and opposition.

-Brad Mayer


> Chuck0 wrote:
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>> Nader's campaign is an example of "politics as theater." It is getting radcial and progressive ideas into circulation, albeit not as effectively since the corporate-controlled Democrats have been fighting Nader tooth-and-nail (which shows in Kerry's falling poll numbers).
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>> I'll just out that most people on this list would be supporting Nader's campaign if this was 2000. His campaign then was just as much about injecting ideas and issues into the political theater as it is now.
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> That's a rather flattering view. How has political discourse changed in the U.S. as the result of either Nader's 2000 or 2004 runs? Barely if at all. One of the reasons I'm agin' him now is that he did so little after 2000. Theater isn't organizing, especially if the audience is almost immeasurably small.
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> Doug



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