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4546 [lbo-talk] some post-US election recommendations............ -- rank: 149

... changing? -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue Nov 2 07:25:46 PST 2004

4547 [lbo-talk] Stupid Elections, Leftist Cowards -- rank: 149

... process. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomen

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue Nov 2 06:33:29 PST 2004

4548 [lbo-talk] Stupid Elections, Leftist Cowards -- rank: 149

In response BM Wow that much vitriol for suggesting a tactical vote in the swing states. Look if you don't have an electoral base that can be mobilized and you want to play electoral politics then you better get one. That requires taking over local positions from the dog catcher ...

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Author:	T Fast
Date:	Mon Nov 1 22:40:49 PST 2004

4549 [lbo-talk] Stupid Elections, Leftist Cowards -- rank: 149

Sorry Travis, but you're ignorant. Too bad you've joined the gang of political cowards beating up on us independents instead of our rulers: The DP has no particular "Hold" on the left. What it has is a monopoly, along with the repubs, on the executive. --------------------------------------------------- ACTUALLY, both parties exercise ...

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Author:	Brad Mayer
Date:	Mon Nov 1 22:12:16 PST 2004

4550 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali Endorses Kerry . . . for the Battleground States -- rank: 149

... mind. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 21:24:56 PST 2004

4551 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali Endorses Kerry . . . for the Battleground States -- rank: 149

... etc.? -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 20:32:54 PST 2004

4552 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali Endorses Kerry . . . for the Battleground States -- rank: 149

... Republican. Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 19:50:34 PST 2004

4553 [lbo-talk] some post-US election recommendations............ -- rank: 149

... disobedience. An important question is whether the campaign constituencies of Nader, Dean, and Kucinich develop beyond individual-admiration societies into political ...

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Author:	Eubulides
Date:	Mon Nov 1 18:40:26 PST 2004

4554 [lbo-talk] Where Do Leftists Live in the USA? -- rank: 149

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu, Mon Nov 1 13:45:35 PST 2004: > >I do not "cast any aspersions" on voting. > >But you say this: > >>That means that most leftists should prioritize social movements >>over electoral politics even in election years...and, if they do >>get involved in electoral politics ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 18:11:11 PST 2004

4555 [lbo-talk] fast food politics, a final reflection before the election -- rank: 149

Politics is, for the most part, like food - one either likes it or one does not. Just like appeals to reason, sanity, common sense, or utility will not persuade most people to stop eating food they enjoy or to start eating food they detest, similar appeals will have little effect on ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Mon Nov 1 13:35:24 PST 2004

4556 [lbo-talk] Re: the real october surprise..wow! -- rank: 149

... the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:"The whole point of Nader -- so obvious that it is often overlooked -- is his single ...

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Author:	frank scott
Date:	Mon Nov 1 11:36:06 PST 2004

4557 [lbo-talk] Where Do Leftists Live in the USA? -- rank: 149

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu: >Every successful social movement in human history has refused to >cast any aspersions on voting, which is a sacred, indispensable, and >hard-won human right. I do not "cast any aspersions" on voting. It is the electoral college (among other problems), supported by the Democratic ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 10:50:20 PST 2004

4558 [lbo-talk] Gore Vidal on election -- rank: 149

Hartford Courant - October 31, 2004 Political Trick Or Treat In Hartford, Author Gore Vidal Skewers Bush, The Press By FRANK RIZZO, Courant Staff Writer It was a bit of a Gorefest Saturday afternoon at Hartford Stage when the noted author, playwright and wit Gore Vidal talked politics following a reading of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 1 10:40:04 PST 2004

4559 [lbo-talk] Where Do Leftists Live in the USA? -- rank: 149

Yoshie, you are a broken record, and the recording is not often listenable. You take your own opinions as received political axioms, and you have the most stilted, unimaginative view of building social movements I've ever seen. Every successful social movement in human history has refused to cast any aspersions ...

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Author:	Michael Dawson
Date:	Mon Nov 1 10:31:20 PST 2004

4560 [lbo-talk] Where Do Leftists Live in the USA? -- rank: 149

The majority of American voters -- about 73% of them -- live in one-party states: only "27 percent of Americans live in TV markets where campaign ads are airing," i.e., in the battleground states, according to Marc Fisher ("No Ads, No Visits, No Contest," October 21, 2004, p. B1, <http://www ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Nov 1 10:19:38 PST 2004