Re: [Marxism] Nader at 6%?

["Dan Russell" <proletariandan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Resources is one reason I can think of; there is no ideological reason for
them to be mutually exclusive, but one can only put their time, effort,
money, and vote in one place (at a time, anyway) and more left-wing
candidates will mean each of them has less of a chance in our ridiculous
electoral system.

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> There has developed a mantra here, repeated numerous times, that "Nader is
> polling at 6%."
>
> Exactly ONE poll has shown Nader at 6%. Comrades know very well about
> issues of
> both precision and accuracy in polling, I won't repeat them here. Suffice
> to say
> that one poll showing Nader at 6% does not translate to "Nader is polling
> at 6%."
>
> A more complete picture is here, with other polls showing him at 3% or 4%:
> http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/549/
>
> That being said, I'm not trying to run down Nader, not at all. I'm
> delighted
> he's running and getting some national attention. There seems to be also
> some
> kind of idea here that there is a mutual exclusivity between supporting a
> non-socialist progressive like Nader or McKinney and a socialist like La
> Riva or
> others. That isn't the case! As "che" wrote, "when you are running for
> office,
> people want your opinion on things. I will get more attention as Marc
> Luzietti
> for Congress than I do as Marc Luzietti, average joe socialist."
>
> Socialist candidates for office get invited to debates, get interviewed,
> have an
> excuse to distribute pamphlets with information about socialism and
> progressive
> politics in general on it, and so on. That doesn't mean they can't (and
> don't)
> speak positively about McKinney or Nader, far from it! And sure, they can
> also
> get invited to debates as a "representative of the McKinney or Nader
> campaign"
> too. In fact, if two socialists get into a debate, one as a representative
> of
> the Nader campaign and another a "real" socialist or a representative of
> the
> campaign of a real socialist, so much the better!
>
> Why does everyone think these are mutually exclusive? They aren't.
>
>
>
>
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