<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>A lot bigger chance that Obama would listen to those in the streets!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div>Germaine </div></div><div><br>On Sep 2, 2012, at 3:52 PM, "C. G. Estabrook" <<a href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>Although I won't vote for either one of them, it's not at all clear to me whether a Romney or an Obama presidency would add more to the sum of human happiness, since they both profess the same murderous economic and military policies (for all their efforts at product differentiation).<br>
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Obama's re-election cannot avoid being interpreted as approval of those policies (cf. Little Bush's "political capital" in 2004), while Romney's election might be seen as their rejection, despite his protestations.<br>
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Perhaps, like FDR in 1932, a victorious Romney may be driven to reverse his professed positions, if the popular demand is strong enough. Politics is in the streets, not the ballot box.</p>
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