[Peace-discuss] Does the election matter?

[C. G. Estabrook]

The whole world -- except for about 1/4th of the eligible voters in the
US, who may well succeed in returning the Bush administration to office.

I don't think Kerry's stances are weak, crass, or stupid.  They're well
thought out and vicious, and can be judged by the people around him (as
Bush's can be).  Kerry represents an American elite that wants to hold on
to its economic and military domination of the world -- as does Bush --
and it's uncomfortable to realize that one must wish for his election only
because the Bush people are worse, as they are. --CGE


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Morton K.Brussel wrote:

> The whole world, it seems, wants to see the Bush junta repudiated. It
> would be a sign that Americans are not so mean spirited, selfish,
> complaisant, or ignorant as it seems, an admission that our past
> policies have been wrong.
> 
> The whole world is implicated and hence would like to vote in our
> election. Kerry would be a sure winner, largely because of our
> imperial actions and designs. So, the importance of the election is
> vital to them, and ought to be so for us.
> 
> There certainly are large segments of our population, working class
> and minority, that have been turned off to voting, feeling that it
> doesn't concern them---the two parties representing the same crooked
> self serving interests---but there is a lot of ignorance as to the
> consequences of the vote. Our culture and the mass media–radio, the
> press, and TV– are largely responsible. Sister Ammons yesterday at the
> progressive get-together told us something about this and of her
> determination to inform her people and then get out the vote. She
> clearly thinks that the election is of great importance.
> 
> To deprecate the election is to turn off voters all the more. Do we
> want to encourage this?
> 
> The election should also be important to AWARE. Hence we should
> distribute those leaflets Randall is supplying! Despite all of Kerry's
> weaknesses and crass--I would say stupid--stances, and the stark
> deficiencies of our current two-party system, there is still a
> tremendous amount riding on this election. Chomsky, in a rather
> backhanded way, admits this. One need only seriously think about the
> court system and the civil rights decisions it will impose for the
> next 30 or so years. There are other issues as well.
> 
> We can be anti-war and anti-Bush, and acquiesce to Kerry strategically
> during this time, still keeping our eyes focussed on the ultimate
> objectives that Carl advocates.
> 
> MKB
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