"Devine, James" wrote: > > [clip] > Is the Nader campaign the best way to build the mass movements we need? especially > considering the fact that Nader is going to run it? > > Might it make more sense to simply ignore the presidential election (as Carrol's > first comment above suggests), leaving the issue of actual voting to each > individual's conscience (since it won't have much effect anyway)?
Probably Jim is correct here. I'm partly working out arguments for Nader to see what they look like, and in irritation at some anti-Nader material. Over on LBO I wrote an even post even more strongly in support of Nader, again mostly in response to Nader-hating. Incidentally, the Boondocks comic strip was delightful on that today. Those who don't get it with their paper should look it up on the web. One's relation to the campaign probably depends on local circumstances. As I mentioned in the earlier post, I know of a couple instances where people who share my view of the DP are nevertheless making serious political use of (sort of) supporting Kerry: mostly by voter registration and get-out-the-vote work. The same could be true of Nader support in some localities, and where that is the case I think the campaign can contribute to the core goal of mass-movement building. My own bedrock feeling remains pretty close to Jim's, however. > I know that even if I end up voting for Kerry (it depends on how the > anti-depressants are working), Which side is the Lexipro vote on these days? I sort of vaguely seeing a sample Michigan ballot from 1936. There were about 6 partly lines on it. (Greenback, Prohibitionist, Communist, Socialist, perhaps one or two others.) Those were the good old days. :-) Carrol
