Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

[Carl Remick <carlremick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>
>
> Before getting to the point of actually being able to split the
> Democratic and Republican Parties, we need an intermediate goal: do
> what we can to make the next POTUS a weak president, rather than a
> strong one.  To do so, we need to decrease the shares of popular
> votes that go to the Democratic and Republican presidential
> candidates.
> --
> Yoshie

Fewer votes mean a weaker president?  Dream on.  GWB lost the popular vote,
and that didn't stop him from being the rootin'-tootin'-est,
sure-as-shootin'-est hombre north, south, east, and west of the Pecos once
he got into office.  Mandates are for girlie men, as the governor of CA
might put it.

Carl

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