Re: [Marxism] Gloria La Riva 16-city speaking tour,

[Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark Lause" <markalause@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Deciding which of these principled votes\ to cast turns on other
> considerations.  What matters to me first and foremost is trying to
> put the largest dent in the two-party machine possible.  For others,
> the decision seems to turn on the candidate's willingness to employ
> the magic words believed to be necessary to change the system, though
> people have been running in the U.S. and using those words for over a
> century now.  Between these two considerations, the latter is entirely
> irrelevant to me.
>
> I'm pleased to note that Eli and I are also absolutely agreed on
> voting for Kucinich, if he would break from the Democratic Party.  Of
> course, if Kucinich did that, I'm sure that he would not call himself
> a "socialist" any more than Nader or McKinney.  So, the main
> difference, between voting for a Kucinich outside the Democratic Party
> and a McKinney or a Nader outside the Democratic Party is that the
> former would have remained loyal to the Democratic Party a lot longer.
>  It seems strangely inconsistent.
>
> Still, I'm pleased we're agreed on Kucinich, because events are going
> to start shaking some of these people lose...


That sounds hopeful.  Until that blessed day arrives, though, who would
you say voting for puts the largest dent?

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