RE: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-06 Thread Max Sawicky
. . . Actually, I think the people who will get screwed by the Bush s-s plan will be those in their 40s. Current oldsters will not have their bennies cut, and those sufficiently young will get their private accounts and avoid paying high s-s taxes. I agree current and near retirees are

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
:26 PM Subject: [PEN-L:3963] Re: voting for Nader J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. said on 11/4/00 1:48 P In fact, the big one on that probably was abortion. Maybe they would have appointed more Souters to the Supreme Court rather than Ginsburg and Breyer. Neither of those is nearly as progressive

Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
64] voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley Presidents do not appoint people in a vacuum. The people who advise the presidents know the consequences of terribly stupid decisions. So, Bush, in such a divided country, without dare to appoint another Clarence Thomas. Now, it is true that many jus

Re: RE: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Max Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:27 PM Subject: [PEN-L:4027] RE: Re: Re: voting for Nader . . . Actually, I think the people who will get screwed by the Bush s-s plan will be those in their 40s

Fwd: Superior reasons why NOT to vote for Nader

2000-11-06 Thread Jim Devine
Here's the start of the Meyerson article (L.A. WEEKLY) I referred to: Let's start with two propositions; first, Ralph Nader is a genuine American hero who is running on what is the progressive community's dream program for America. Second, his third-party Presidential candidacy

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-06 Thread Brad DeLong
I agree current and near retirees are not in much danger under the Bush plan. But I think the fate of young workers is completely up in the air. If the long-term projections are right (which I dispute), the private accounts to not avert extreme financial distress around 2050 or so. If they

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread kelley
At 05:33 AM 11/5/00 +, you wrote: they'll make it a state's rights issue, if they can. unlikely. OR, they'll uphold rulings that will steadily eke away at the right to abortion on demand. This is what they have been doing. There isn't much that O'Connor finds to be an "undue burden."

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread martin schiller
kelley said on 11/5/00 7:43 A poor wording on my part. i got the impression that someone was laboring under the notion that overturning roe v wade would mean outlawing abortion. that's not what it would mean, as you know. When "someone" suggested that disposing of a functional tool would be

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread kelley
At 08:48 AM 11/5/00 -0800, martin schiller wrote: kelley said on 11/5/00 7:43 A poor wording on my part. i got the impression that someone was laboring under the notion that overturning roe v wade would mean outlawing abortion. that's not what it would mean, as you know. When "someone"

RE: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread Austin, Andrew
In what way is abortion a "proven issue"? Andrew Austin Green Bay WI -Original Message- From: martin schiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:3976] Re: voting for Nader Austin, Andrew said on 11/4

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread martin schiller
kelley said on 11/5/00 10:10 A i honestly thought you were laboring under that impression since you seemed to think that it would be so damaging to the GOP. disposing of the abortion issue is no big deal. it is something that GOP would *like* to get rid of. it isn't that much of a tool

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread martin schiller
Austin, Andrew said on 11/5/00 9:36 A In what way is abortion a "proven issue"? The GOP have historically used the issue to draw the christian alliances into their camp by suggesting that they are the party of pro-life. If the issue becomes a states rights issue the christian alliances would

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread Doug Henwood
Max Sawicky wrote: If I was king of the labor movement, I would devote all electoral resources to Congress. At least for the time being, the WH is a lost cause. And, as every schoolchild knows, the executive branch is the executive committee of the bourgeoisie. The legislative branch is a

RE: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-05 Thread Austin, Andrew
premise in mind: that state's rights undermines national priorities. Andrew Austin Green Bay, WI -Original Message- From: martin schiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:3996] Re: voting for Nader Austin, Andrew said

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Message- From: Michael Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:45 PM Subject: [PEN-L:3931] Re: voting for Nader Would progressive movements have been better off today if we had just had 8 years of Bush/Dole? Eric yes... Michael

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread martin schiller
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. said on 11/4/00 1:48 P In fact, the big one on that probably was abortion. Maybe they would have appointed more Souters to the Supreme Court rather than Ginsburg and Breyer. Neither of those is nearly as progressive as the Ford-appointed Stevens. But, put

voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-04 Thread Michael Perelman
Presidents do not appoint people in a vacuum. The people who advise the presidents know the consequences of terribly stupid decisions. So, Bush, in such a divided country, without dare to appoint another Clarence Thomas. Now, it is true that many justices have disappointed to people who

Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-04 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:33 PM 11/04/2000 -0800, you wrote: Presidents do not appoint people in a vacuum. The people who advise the presidents know the consequences of terribly stupid decisions. So, Bush, in such a divided country, without dare to appoint another Clarence Thomas. also, the Congressional

Re: Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-04 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: also, the Congressional Democrats are much more alert to the problem of people like Scalia, Renquist, and Thomas. I'm not sure Gore is, though, since he voted for Scalia. Everyone did. It was 98-0. Doug

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread kelley
At 02:24 PM 11/4/00 -0800, martin schiller wrote: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. said on 11/4/00 1:48 P In fact, the big one on that probably was abortion. Maybe they would have appointed more Souters to the Supreme Court rather than Ginsburg and Breyer. Neither of those is nearly as

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread martin schiller
kelley said on 11/4/00 4:40 P they'll make it a state's rights issue, if they can. unlikely. OR, they'll uphold rulings that will steadily eke away at the right to abortion on demand. we don't have that anyway. The question was "how do you see reversing roe/wade as benefiting the long

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread kelley
At 03:48 PM 11/4/00 -0800, martin schiller wrote: kelley said on 11/4/00 4:40 P they'll make it a state's rights issue, if they can. unlikely. OR, they'll uphold rulings that will steadily eke away at the right to abortion on demand. we don't have that anyway. The question was "how do you

RE: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread Austin, Andrew
work to the advantage of the right wing in the same way the drug war has worked to their advantage. Andrew Austin Green Bay, WI -Original Message- From: martin schiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 5:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: voting for Nader

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread martin schiller
kelley said on 11/4/00 5:08 P i wasn't answering your question. i was providing you with some numbers in order for you to rethink your assumption that it would significantly hurt the GOP if they alienated the ~30% of people (not voters) who are in favor of unrestrained access to abortion.

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread kelley
At 04:34 PM 11/4/00 -0800, martin schiller wrote: kelley said on 11/4/00 5:08 P i wasn't answering your question. i was providing you with some numbers in order for you to rethink your assumption that it would significantly hurt the GOP if they alienated the ~30% of people (not voters) who

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread martin schiller
Austin, Andrew said on 11/4/00 4:31 P Besides increasing the overall level of repression, criminalizing abortion could have the same effect that criminalizing drugs has had - permitting the elaboration of a rhetoric justifying the further expansion of repressive controls targeting disadvantaged

Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread Max Sawicky
At the risk of consoling the Goreoids, Souter was an anomaly. He was chosen because Warren Rudman lied about him to Sununu; told him he was pro-life, when he knew he wasn't. The Supreme Court concern is legitimate. I think there are two overriding considerations. One is the extent of

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread Tom Walker
Max Sawicky wrote, I've been working 'inside' for a decade now. Any support I have rendered to Clinton et al. has not helped me in anything I have done in the slightest bit. Max, According to Leonard, you've only served have your sentence. I was sentenced to twenty years of boredom

Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-04 Thread Justin Schwartz
they'll make it a state's rights issue, if they can. unlikely. OR, they'll uphold rulings that will steadily eke away at the right to abortion on demand. This is what they have been doing. There isn't much that O'Connor finds to be an "undue burden." --jks

382 ACADEMICS, INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS FOR NADER

2000-11-03 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/nader1.htm Some signatories: Michael Perelman, Economics, Calif St U, Chico Doug Henwood, Journalist, NYC Paul Buhle, American Civilization, Brown U Stanley Aronowitz, Dist Prof, Sociology, Grad Ctr, CUNY Alan Sokal, Physics, NYU Dean Baker, Co-Dir, Ctr for Economic

Re: 382 ACADEMICS, INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS FOR NADER

2000-11-03 Thread Jim Devine
I'm on that list, too, though they miscapitalize my name as "DeVine." To err is human, to forgive... At 11:00 AM 11/3/00 -0500, you wrote: http://www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/nader1.htm Some signatories: Michael Perelman, Economics, Calif St U, Chico Doug Henwood, Journalist, NYC Paul Buhle,

Re: 382 ACADEMICS, INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS ANDWRITERS FOR NADER

2000-11-03 Thread Doug Henwood
Louis Proyect wrote: Stanley Aronowitz, Dist Prof, Sociology, Grad Ctr, CUNY Alan Sokal, Physics, NYU Wow. Politics does make strange bedfellows. Doug

Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-03 Thread Michael Hoover
Would progressive movements have been better off today if we had just had 8 years of Bush/Dole? Eric yes... Michael Hoover

Yellow Dog Greens for Nader

2000-11-03 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Tipped by a student column in the OSU student paper (Martha Knox, "Voting for Nader won't hurt Gore's chances," _The Lantern_ 3 November 2000 at http://www.thelantern.com/archives/gendisp.asp?id=973258722515), I just visited "Yellow Dog Greens for Nader" at http://www.pe

Re: Nader Paradox and the odds

2000-11-02 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
inauguration in memory of his former membership in the KKK. Of course with these probabilities, Nader and even Buchanan and McReynolds and Browne and Magelin should be discussed. But, hey, since we have a dead man running for the Senate in Missouri (Mel Carnahan), who is leading in the polls

Re: Re: Nader Paradox and the odds

2000-11-02 Thread Jim Devine
At 10:48 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote: Of course with these probabilities, Nader and even Buchanan and McReynolds and Browne and Magelin should be discussed. hey, it's Hagelin! let's give the meditators their due... BTW, I've noticed a lot of more stuff on US National Public Radio about

New Nader ads

2000-11-01 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
at least somebody is using comedy in the campaign NADER CAMPAIGN UNVEILS NEW TELEVISION AND RADIO AD CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 31 - Ralph Nader's surging campaign today introduced his latest radio and television spots. [ads below] In the new 30-second television message and 60

Re: New Nader ads

2000-11-01 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:20 AM 11/1/00 -0800, you wrote: at least somebody is using comedy in the campaign How naive! what these Nader folks don't understand it that it's _fear_ that motivates people to vote for Gore! and people seem to be preferring Bush because when you've got the choice between

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-01 Thread Brad DeLong
and the Goristas have themselves to blame if they lose. This business of scape-goating Nader is dishonest, self-deceit. Gore dug his own grave. Oh, Gore and the Goristas will blame themselves if they lose. There will be more than enough blame to go around. But people who pull the lever

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-11-01 Thread Brad DeLong
I wonder if people who were organizing big anti-war [in Vietnam] demonstrations... worried _ahead of time_ that their movements would "crash and burn." They should have. Chicago in 1968 elected Richard Nixon president... Brad DeLong

Nader Paradox and the odds

2000-11-01 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Doug, [to pen-l folks, yes, I am back for awhile] Actually I can vote for Nader without any Gore loss guilt. Virginia is solid for Bush. Also, there will be no Nader Paradox effect in my congressional district as the incumbent Repug is unopposed. There might be one in the local Senate

American Indians debate Nader

2000-11-01 Thread Louis Proyect
(From Mitchel Cohen, a Green Party activist) A supporter of Leonard Peltier has asked Ralph Nader to step down and endorse Gore. This is a response from Day Starr Chou, of the Flushing Greens and the No Spray Coalition* (forwarded by Mitchel Cohen). * Does not imply that the No Spray Coalition

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Max Sawicky
mbs wrote Really? Can you say how the 'space' provided by Clinton since 1992 has facilitated the growth of progressive movements? I would submit that the space provided by Clinton was greater than Bush elder/Dole would have provided. That answer begs the question of 'how.' mbs

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Carrol Cox
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would submit that the space provided by Clinton was greater than Bush elder/Dole would have provided. Would progressive movements have been better off today if we had just had 8 years of Bush/Dole? You glance at Chuck Grimes's argument (the only respectable

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Justin Schwartz
ars we had when Reagan and his folks were in power. If the hope is that a growing Green Party--and a 5% Nader vote--will help things down the road, just remember what happened to the (at the time) very popular movement started by Ross Perot and the Reform Party. Where does it stand

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Michael Perelman
yes indeed On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 11:09:06PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael wrote Eric, Perot was a major factor in making the deficit such an important issue. Possibly true. But the Reform Party itself has crashed and burned (which was my point). Might not the same fate

RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Eric Nilsson
I initially wrote, But the bottom line is who do you want--Bush or Gore--appointing people to, say, the National Labor Relations Board? Some responses have ranged from 1. my question leads directly to fascism (Carrol, Gar), 2. progressive politics might have been better off if Dole had become

Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Brad DeLong
On the other hand, the Big Boys, with their millions and millions in their campaign bucks, can wield their power to achieve all sorts of stuff. Gore tried being a populist intermittently during the campaign and saw his polls rise. But he didn't want to go too far, for that would offend his

RE: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Max Sawicky
. . . Mbs asked about "how" it makes a difference who is president . . . Eric Now now, Eric. My question was much more focused than that. You said Gore would provide more space for progressive movements. I asked *how* 8 yrs of Clinton has done so. You answered not with *how*, but with the

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Eric Nilsson
My Dear Max, RE Now now, Eric. My question was much more focused than that. You said Gore would provide more space for progressive movements. I asked *how* 8 yrs of Clinton has done so. Gore would provide a better atmosphere than Bush. Nader would provide a better atmosphere than Gore

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Jim Devine
and the Goristas have themselves to blame if they lose. This business of scape-goating Nader is dishonest, self-deceit. Gore dug his own grave. Did the Gore forces try to appeal to the growing ranks of non-voters? did they try to get people to register to vote in any significant way

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Jim Devine
Eric wrote: If the hope is that a growing Green Party--and a 5% Nader vote--will help things down the road, just remember what happened to the (at the time) very popular movement started by Ross Perot and the Reform Party. Where does it stand now? it sure influenced Clinton and Gore, who

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:05 PM 10/30/00 +, you wrote: I would submit that the space provided by Clinton was greater than Bush elder/Dole would have provided. evidence? it seems to me that Bush or Dole would have been much less successful at co-opting (and defanging) of various dissident movements of the

RE: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Max Sawicky
. . .This is the sort of thing that the Reagan NLRB (and an elder Bush and Dole administration NLRB) might not have decided although the activities cited above are clear violations of the NLRA. Eric O.K. That's something. You are implying that a Dem appointed NLRB will be significantly *more*

Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Justin Schwartz
Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:53:41 -0800 I initially wrote, But the bottom line is who do you want--Bush or Gore--appointing people to, say, the National Labor Relations Board? Some responses have ranged from 1. my question leads directly to fascism (Carrol, Gar), 2. p

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Doug Henwood
Max Sawicky wrote: A Gore administration would provide a much better space for progressive movements to grow in than a Bush administration. Just remember the very sad years we had when Reagan and his folks were in power. Really? Can you say how the 'space' provided by Clinton since

RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Forstater, Mathew
Jim: Eric wrote: If the hope is that a growing Green Party--and a 5% Nader vote--will help things down the road, just remember what happened to the (at the time) very popular movement started by Ross Perot and the Reform Party. Where does it stand now? it sure influenced Clinton and Gore

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Doug Henwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would submit that the space provided by Clinton was greater than Bush elder/Dole would have provided. Would progressive movements have been better off today if we had just had 8 years of Bush/Dole? You may remember that in 1992 the big bourgeoisie seemed seriously

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Brad DeLong
I'm going to add one minor refinement to Carrols argument (for which of course he is in no way responsible). The lesser of two evils arguement is one that will be available to the Democratic party as long as we have a two party system. This is because the Republicans are guaranteed to always run

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Brad DeLong
A Gore administration would provide a much better space for progressive movements to grow in than a Bush administration. Just remember the very sad years we had when Reagan and his folks were in power. Really? Can you say how the 'space' provided by Clinton since 1992 has facilitated

RE: voting for Nader - and labor rights

2000-10-31 Thread Nathan Newman
- Original Message - From: "Max Sawicky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] O.K. That's something. You are implying that a Dem appointed NLRB will be significantly *more* conducive to trade union growth than a Bush one. Of course, this is one data point. I wonder if those with

Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Carrol Cox
"Forstater, Mathew" wrote: Not really. The Enslavement...whoops, sorry. Seriously, I don't think Perot was so important here. It was the Reagan deficits that the Dems saw as an opportunity for calling the Repubs fiscally irresponsible. It was a terrible strategy for the Dems. Mat,

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Carrol Cox
Doug Henwood wrote: The historical moment is really different now from the 1980s. Then, Reaganism was a new phenomenon on the world stage, and the right was ideologically clear and energized. Now it's as fuzzy as Al Gore's math. I doubt a serious right-wing agenda would be anywhere near

re: voting for Nader

2000-10-31 Thread Nathan Newman
- Original Message - From: "Max Sawicky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nothing. The question was whether the Admin was helping movements. It isn't, far as I can see. How do you define "helping movements"? Holding their hands and helping them throw the rocks at the police?

voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Jim Devine
A friend forwarded a message to me that argued that "a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, so that if Bush wins, it will be Nader's fault." Here's my reply, amplified a bit: If Gore loses, it's his own fault (or his campaign's). He's really nothing but Michael Dukakis plus fo

Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Brad De Long
A friend forwarded a message to me that argued that "a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, so that if Bush wins, it will be Nader's fault." Here's my reply, amplified a bit: If Gore loses, it's his own fault (or his campaign's). Take responsibility for the actions of your fac

voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Michael Perelman
It pains me to think their either Bush or Gore will win. The best we can hope for is gridlock. I do have one question. Why do you think that the media has been so much harder on Gore? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Brad DeLong
It pains me to think their either Bush or Gore will win. The best we can hope for is gridlock. I do have one question. Why do you think that the media has been so much harder on Gore? Who pays their bills? Brad DeLong

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: A friend forwarded a message to me that argued that "a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, so that if Bush wins, it will be Nader's fault." Here's my reply, amplified a bit: If Gore loses, it's his own fault (or his campaign's). Brad writes: Take responsibility for t

Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Clinton/Dole have been very kind to them. The disgusting telecommunications bill Recall that Dole was the one who denounced it. Brad DeLong wrote: It pains me to think their either Bush or Gore will win. The best we can hope for is gridlock. I do have one question. Why do you

Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread enilsson
Michael wrote, It pains me to think their either Bush or Gore will win. It pains me too. But the bottom line is who do you want--Bush or Gore--appointing people to, say, the National Labor Relations Board? Eric

voting for Nader?

2000-10-30 Thread neil
on their "democratic" election charade. The Demo-publicans are wallowing in corporate cash . They usually don't use all of it either. Some candidate s will have a big stash already banked for the next election (and to just invest -wax fat , etc). But Nader and Buchanan (Greens and Re

Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Eugene Coyle
A great post. Gene Coyle Carrol Cox wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the bottom line is who do you want--Bush or Gore--appointing people to, say, the National Labor Relations Board? If enough progressives think like this, by (say) 2012 the bottom line will be do you want someone

Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread enilsson
production they can get. A Gore administration would provide a much better space for progressive movements to grow in than a Bush administration. Just remember the very sad years we had when Reagan and his folks were in power. If the hope is that a growing Green Party--and a 5% Nader vote--will he

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Eric, Perot was a major factor in making the deficit such an important issue. On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:42:28PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the hope is that a growing Green Party--and a 5% Nader vote--will help things down the road, just remember what happened to the (at the time

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Max Sawicky
A Gore administration would provide a much better space for progressive movements to grow in than a Bush administration. Just remember the very sad years we had when Reagan and his folks were in power. Really? Can you say how the 'space' provided by Clinton since 1992 has facilitated the

Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Jim Devine
Eric N. wrote: But the bottom line is who do you want--Bush or Gore--appointing people to, say, the National Labor Relations Board? do you think that the Clinton/Gore policy of encouraging the mobility of capital has strengthened the power and influence of the NLRB? or weakened its

Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread Gar Lipow
I'm going to add one minor refinement to Carrols argument (for which of course he is in no way responsible). The lesser of two evils arguement is one that will be available to the Democratic party as long as we have a two party system. This is because the Republicans are guaranteed to always

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread enilsson
mbs wrote Really? Can you say how the 'space' provided by Clinton since 1992 has facilitated the growth of progressive movements? I would submit that the space provided by Clinton was greater than Bush elder/Dole would have provided. Would progressive movements have been better off today if

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: voting for Nader

2000-10-30 Thread enilsson
Michael wrote Eric, Perot was a major factor in making the deficit such an important issue. Possibly true. But the Reform Party itself has crashed and burned (which was my point). Might not the same fate befall the Green Party? Eric

Re: Time Magazine: Nader runs what's essentially a pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Jim Devine
it's hard to tell if this is an opinion piece or a news story. It reads like the former, but looking at TIME on-line, it appears to be a news story. That's pretty bad. At 06:35 PM 10/23/2000 -0400, you wrote: To Gore, He's Darth Nader — and Dangerous The crusading gadfly looks poised to tip

Re: Re: Time Magazine: Nader runswhat's essentiallya pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
This morning Nader referred to the Washington Post article favorably. He regarded it as an acknowledgment that his campaign was achieving some success. Jim Devine wrote: it's hard to tell if this is an opinion piece or a news story. It reads like the former, but looking at TIME on-line

Time Magazine: Nader runs what's essentially a pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Louis Proyect
To Gore, He's Darth Nader — and Dangerous The crusading gadfly looks poised to tip a half-dozen swing states to Bush. Can Gore appeal to Nader voters' sensible side? BY FRANK PELLEGRINI Ralph Nader meets the litmus test for a true gadfly candidate: He doesn't give a crap if he spoils

Nader campaign claims good poll numbers

2000-10-22 Thread charlie
The MC at the Nader rally of 7,000 in Oakland, California (Oct. 21) claimed poll results showing Nader at 6% in the state, 8% in Minnesota, and 9% in Connecticut. Charles Andrews An analysis of Nader's economic program is at http://www.LaborRepublic.org/Essay40.htm

Re: Nader campaign claims good poll numbers

2000-10-22 Thread Jim Devine
At 09:57 AM 10/22/2000 -0700, you wrote: The MC at the Nader rally ... claimed poll results showing Nader at ... 9% in Connecticut. where people know Joe Lieberman well? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine

False Nader/Gore Choice

2000-10-20 Thread Jim Devine
From AlterNet.org http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=9926 Maximizing Ralph: The Free Nader Vote Don Hazen, AlterNet October 10, 2000 Viewed on October 16, 2000 --- For liberals and progressives (and any radicals

Re: Re: RE: Suppressed Voices: McReynolds and Nader(fwd)

2000-10-19 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Gar, why we should spend a little time on speculating on the nature of a socialist society, on as old whiskers said "creating recipes for the cookshops of the future". ... Why -- because the myth of TINA (There Is No Alternative) is far more widespread than it ever was in Marxes day. In

Re: Re: RE: Suppressed Voices: McReynolds and Nader

2000-10-19 Thread Michael Hoover
Lisa Ian Murray wrote: This seems to be a gaping hole in left prescriptions for organizational change at the micro and macro economic level. What would socializing IBM or UPS, or McDonalds for that matter, look like? As opposed to small, locally owned enterprises? What would socializing

Re: Re: RE: Suppressed Voices: McReynolds and Nader(fwd)

2000-10-19 Thread Jim Devine
Charlie Andrews' book FROM CAPITALISM TO EQUALITY ends with two very interesting chapters on how a "Labor Republic" would be organized. His utopia is very interesting because he is quite conscious of pro-capitalist criticisms of his scheme. So far, it makes a lot of sense. BTW, following his

RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-18 Thread Max Sawicky
This misses the point. Transcendental meditators and witches run campaigns to recruit members. Personally, I'm a devotee of Adorno's Theses Against Occultism. I hope that we're in the majority on this one, but I remember when the Yippies tried to levitate the Pentagon. (Max, was that in your

Re: RE: Suppressed Voices: McReynolds and Nader(fwd)

2000-10-18 Thread Gar Lipow
At this point I was just going to let the argument drop -- but have decided to pursue the mega-argument instead -- why we should spend a little time on speculating on the nature of a socialist society, on as old whiskers said "creating recipes for the cookshops of the future". To start with,

Re: RE: Suppressed Voices: McReynolds and Nader(fwd)

2000-10-18 Thread Gar Lipow
E opposes the belief that no alternative exists. What about the anti-globalization movement? Well you will note that the mass as opposed to the anarchist vanguard (however they deny it that is what many of the anarchists are) tends to be Nader anti-corporate rather than Anarchist anti-captitalist. Also, you w

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in MadisonSquare Garden

2000-10-17 Thread Jim Devine
If you want supernatural help, perhaps you could try wishing on a star...g a star like Ronald Reagan? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Keaney Michael
rears its ugly head whenever "our boys" get involved -- even the courageous Henry Wallace recanted at the onset of the Korean war (although he seems to have been far more critical of the Vietnam war). While we have been hearing a lot about the Nader campaign (and to the extent that it puts

Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Louis Proyect
While we have been hearing a lot about the Nader campaign (and to the extent that it puts progressive politics in the foreground of public discussion, all to the good), how has David McReynolds been getting on? Michael K. For news on the McReynolds campaign, go to: http://www.votesocialist.org

Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Keaney Michael wrote: While we have been hearing a lot about the Nader campaign (and to the extent that it puts progressive politics in the foreground of public discussion, all to the good), how has David McReynolds been getting on? David McR is a splendid guy with excellent politics

Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
a wicked Yogic flying demonstration as part of their campaign act. Doug 1996 popular vote for US president Bill Clinton Dem45,628,667 49.17% Bob Dole GOP37,869,435 40.81% Ross Perot RP 7,874,2838.49% Ralph Nader [Grn] Grn

Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Louis Proyect
branch of the Natural Law Party does a wicked Yogic flying demonstration as part of their campaign act. Doug This misses the point. Groups like the WWP, SWP, SP, etc. only run election campaigns to raise issues and recruit members. The Nader campaign is a serious bid to win 5 percent of the vote

Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:57 AM 10/16/00 -0400, you wrote: I hear the Canadian branch of the Natural Law Party does a wicked Yogic flying demonstration as part of their campaign act. Recently, US National Public Radio has had several stories that involved transcendental meditation (which allegedly allows Yogic

Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: Frankly, I think the Left would do better if we could mobilize super- and supra-natural forces. Wicca anyone? This misses the point. Transcendental meditators and witches run campaigns to recruit members. Personally, I'm a devotee of Adorno's Theses Against Occultism. Doug

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