> At 06:03 PM 9/30/2008, Marvin Gandall wrote:
>>...Ah well, I guess he belongs to that part of the US left which abstains
>>from electoral politics.
>
> No, he doesn't. This is what he wrote:
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====================================== Not to belabour the point, because not much hangs on it, but included in the long piece which shag posted is AR's own admission that "although I've been clear about my own decision to abstain from this charade, I'm not arguing that people shouldn't vote for him (Obama)." Reed seems to reflect pretty clearly the confusion and despair felt by many American left intellectuals about the current political situation.