On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:07:30 -0400 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is essential not to have illusions. It is also crucial to defeat > Bush.
The problem is that's of Kerry supporters do have illusions concerning him. The fact is, he is a hawk concerning both Iraq and the so-called "war on terrorism" and he has spent this campaign trying to outflank Bush from the right on these issues (sort of like JFK's 1960 election strategy against Nixon). I see no reason why he won't govern this way, if he enters the Oval Office next year, given his political record, and the kinds of political forces that he would most likely be bumping up against, if he becomes president. Also, the record of liberals and progressives in regards to the Clinton Administration is not very comforting here. Under Clinton we saw such things as the passage of NAFTA and GATT, the abolition of AFDC, the passage of anti-terrorism legislation following the Oklahoma City bombing (which presaged Bush's Patriotic Act), the prosecution of a war against Yugolslavia in 1999, and the brutal imposition of sanctions (backed up by frequent aerial assaults) against Iraq. In other words stuff, that most progressives would never have tolerated from a Republican president. But after all, Clinton was "our guy" who was himself under constant attacl by the right, so all was forgiven. I suspect that we would see much the same thing under a Kerry Administration. He too will come under assault by the right-wing attack machine and all manner of liberals and progressives will be looking the other way, when Kerry pursues a more aggressive foreign policy, or revives the draft or attempts to privatize social security, or does other things that a Republican president cannot do, since after all Kerry is "our guy." > > At 12:47 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: > > >Sunday Telegraph October 24, 2004 > >John Kerry will make his adoring anti-war groupies look like fools > >By Edward Luttwak > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
