[lbo-talk] OK, Nathan

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 31 08:16:22 PST 2006



>The Democrats took money from Abramoff.... Now, if the Democrats are
happily raking in a fortune on Wall Street, taking bribes from Jack Abramoff, lying through their teeth,...then who are they to complain of a little electoral fraud or worry about disenfranchised voters? <

I have no brief to make for the Demoncrats, but Krugman made a pretty good case that they aren't involved with Abramoff in his recent NYT column. They do lie through their teeth...

WS is right that the electoral system is all f*cked up. Non-electoral pressure is needed, as with the Civil Rights movement, the anti-Vietnam war movement, etc. Relying on politicians -- even "third" party ones -- won't do it. Someone like Nader (or even Wellstone) will be largely ignored until the folks in DC are scared. JD



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