Re: [Marxism] Organizers and NYC cop agree: 500,000 marched

[Cnyadp@xxxxxxx]

there is a tendency on the part of many Kerry supporters to rationalize that
his "increase the troops"  position on Iraq is  merely an attempt to appeal to
the majority of voters. In this view, once elected Kerry will  shed his
campaign stand, reverse himself and (like Clark Kent) reveal his Superman-style
moral virtues. According to this hopeful fantasy, only then will Kerry's  true
anti-war position appear. This tendency is a dangerous delusion. It lacks
substance, in fact there is a plethora of evidence (examining Kerry's long
Senatorial career) that this form of wishful thinking will lead those hopeful 
souls
into a quagmire of despair when they are disapointed  after the election.

Further, this thinking arises from the  view that we must vote for someone
who can win; that a vote for Nader is thrown away. In fact a vote for Bush/Kerry
is thrown away if you are committed to an anti-war position. A Bush/Kerry
vote betrays the   anti-war sentiment that filled the streets of NYC to the tune
of 1/2 million hopeful souls. It foolishly clings to the illusion that the
leopard who has already shown his spots will by an epiphany or some  saintly
miracle,  change his spots and  suddenly "do the right thing" (Ossie Davis' line
in Spike Lee's flick).

joe

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