[lbo-talk] MWM, take 2

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 25 08:52:20 PDT 2004


????????? [the weird new self-identification of Brad Mayer] wrote:


> >N.N. Ridiculous timing. It is idiotic to expect labor leaders and
>activists to
>>devote twelve to eighteen hours of travel to DC, when that same time would
>>be better spent mobilizing for get out the vote among poor and multi-racial
>>communities.
>
>Not if it keeps trade union activists and leftists from working to
>elect another RIGHT WING politician to the US Presidency. Then it
>is a good and positive thing.

Earth to Brad: the MWM isn't going to influence more than a few thousand votes, if that. Its proximity to the election, and fuzzy but unpopular message, is going to depress the turnout to a tiny fraction of the advertised million.

If you think Kerry is "right wing," or "RIGHT WING" even, you're relly living on another planet. If he's right wing, what's Tom DeLay?


>Pfffftt! The US Left, like the US Corporation, is incapable of
>thinking past the current quarter, or the current election cycle, a
>cycle beginning of course immediately after Election Day ends the
>previous cycle. Perhaps because they are both effectively tied to
>Wall Street?

If the U.S. corp is so dumb, how'd they manage to get so rich, and if everyone in the U.S. is so dumb (except Brad Mayer, of course), how'd this country get to be the top imperial dog?

Doug



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