[Peace-discuss] From Arthur Silber's blog

[C. G. Estabrook]

If I were still a Massachusetts voter, as I was for so long, I would probably 
have done the same. I certainly wouldn't have voted for Coakley.  --CGE

David Green wrote:
> And I will further say that, if I lived in Massachusetts, I would be somewhat
>  tempted to vote for Brown, if the thought of doing so didn't afflict me with
>  hysterical paralysis. I say that for only one reason: in the /specific 
> context/ of this election -- and given that one of the primary reasons 
> Coakley's supporters urge a vote for her is to "save" the health insurance 
> bill <http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/house-dems-to-coakley-dont-
>  lose-if-you-want-health-care-reform.php (a bill which is the corrupt product
>  of a corrupt system 
> <http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-bad-is-fuck-you-act.html>,
>  incapable of being "improved" no matter how much they tinker with it given 
> the vile corruption at its core) -- a Brown victory would deliver one 
> overriding message: /Stop Fucking With Us./ That's a message worth 
> delivering, I think. It might slow the bastards down just a little bit; 
> gridlock and confusion among the monstrous governing class are very positive
>  assets now. And at this point, time is critical. Much more about all that 
> soon, I hope. But a vote for Coakley is close to unforgivable as far as I'm 
> concerned; all the arguments in support of such a vote rely on a series of 
> critical errors, which I hope to explain in detail in some long-planned 
> articles. If you vote for her, I suggest you have the following tattooed on 
> your forehead: /"Please/ fuck me until I'm dead, and I'll still vote for you
>  as long as I can!" But, hey, if you get your thrills that way, enjoy it,
> pal.
> 
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> http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2010/01/pain.html


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