Michael Perelman wrote: > > Young voters turned out for Howard Dean with great enthusiasm, yet he was a > pretty > conservative governor. Obama is absolutely correct. Voting is about hope, > but the > hopes are sure to be dashed. All it takes is a nice delivery, some focus > groups, & > a good marketing plan.
When a national coalition to replace the DP-Pimps at UFPJ == When something somewhere entirely unexpected and unpredictable now occurs [e.g., Walmart employees emulate the Fisher Body Sit Down Strike) -- When 50,000 white, black, & asian marchers come out to a pro-illegal immigrant march in Chicago -- When something happens 'in the street' as they say -- And happens again, _larger_ -- Then it will make sense to talk of HOPE. But Clinton and Obama are in the business of crushing any actual hope, of absorbing it in trivia, or diverting it to empty electoral excitement. Our _serious_ task now is to keep alive, even a bit dynamic, at least a partial infrastructure for those future possible hopes to vivify. It is almost contempt of humanity to characterize Clinton or Obama (or even Kucinich) as signifying hope. Carrol > > On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 12:21:40PM -0600, Matthijs Krul wrote: > > > > Well, black voters have turned out in vast numbers, and the overwhelming > > majority have voted for Obama. It seems blacks themselves sure don't feel > > that Obama isn't representing their demands for equality. > > > > Matthijs Krul > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com
