Re: No Bounce for Kerry

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:
> This is the popular attitude that disturbs me most, for more than any
> other attitude it represents despair at the possibility of people
> affecting national policy.

The other interesting thing going on is the trivialization of the
campaign, with major statements being made about Kerry's donning of a
clean suit at NASA, debunking his mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of a
hamster, etc. I strongly suspect that the corporate media will be going
gung-ho for Kerry in the next few months. I wouldn't be surprised at a
Bush landslide at this point. When Kerry functions in the electoral
arena like the opponents of the Harlem Globetrotters did in basketball,
what else would you expect? I myself think it would be a good thing if
Kerry lost, both in terms of the issues Andy Stern raised (and then was
pressured into recanting)as well as the likelihood that US imperialism
will have less room to manueuver with Bush reelected. In any case, I
think that it is imperative for those forces committed to Nader to
coalesce in preparation for 2008. If unchallenged DLC type politics
can't deliver the goods, then people might be ready to fight for an
alternative which surely won't come from within the DP.


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