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Michael Moore's appearance on Democracy Now! this morning is (still!) further evidence that liberal politics, in the era of the current capitalist crisis and Obama, is completely dead. Read how Moore mocks Ralph Nader, and believes that support for third party politics has "gotten us nowhere." Yes, friends, putting faith in Obama and the Democratic Party has gotten us somewhere: a health insurance bonanza giveaway, a depression without end, and ... Afghanistan (to just name a few)! AMY GOODMAN: Michael Moore, remember 2004, when you went on bended knee on the Bill Maher show and begged Ralph Nader not to run for president? [snip] Michael, do you still feel the same way? You and Ralph Nader pretty much agree on a lot of things. MICHAEL MOORE: I have this basic position about Ralph. I’ve known him for many, many years. [snip] I also believe that he doesn’t really have a handle on what the proper strategy is to get this country in our hands. And, you know, unlike Ralph, I guess maybe I’m not in this for just to say it so I can hear myself talk or to be some—or to take some poser position. And I hope that doesn’t sound too harsh, but I don’t see him ever working with the grassroots or with the people or being in touch with the people in any way, shape or form. And so, I just—I think that—I mean, what I’ve proposed for the last few years is that if we really want to try and get this power in our hands, in the people’s hands, in the hands of the working people of this country, then we should, on a very grassroots level, from the bottom up, be doing things to—whether it’s running for local office, taking over the local Democratic Party. The game is rigged in America when it comes to third parties. There’s no way that that’s ever going to work. And so, then how—instead of letting the game, I guess, rig us, what can we do to the game itself? And if the game is, well, we have these two political parties which are really very much like one party, why don’t we make sure that one of those parties actually is a second party and start locally and do that? And that’s what I encourage people to do. That’s my approach. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
