[lbo-talk] Just how bad has it gotten?

[Michael McIntyre]

Margaret Kimberley published ten questions in today's Black Agenda  
Report (www.blackagendareport.com) that I think should define a  
minimal progressive platform:
1. Will you end the occupation of Iraq?
2. Will Jose Padilla still be in prison? Will you close Guantanamo?
3. Will you enact a plan for universal health care?
4. Will your administration demand that Israel cease committing human  
rights abuses and waging war against its neighbors?
5. Will you keep abortion legal?
6. Will you reverse the Patriot Act and other attacks on civil  
liberties?
7. Will you rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?
8. Will you decrease the prison population?
9. Will you expose the criminal acts of the Bush administration?
10. Will you protect voting rights?
There's nothing radical here.  Nicolas Sarkozy could pass this test  
merely by pledging to maintain the French status quo.  Dennis  
Kucinich could pass it, but has no chance.  Every other Democrat in  
the race would say "no" to 4, 8, and 9.  (Or, more precisely, would  
accuse the questioner of anti-semitism for asking question #4 and end  
the interview right there).  S/he might pay lip service to the  
others, but would almost certainly be lying about everything other  
than questions 5 and (maybe) 10.  How much worse can it get?

Michael McIntyre
mcintyremichael at mac.com

http://morbidsymptoms.blogspot.com

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