Reply #68: Oh, puhleeze. [View All]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

As if your questions about my emotional state weren't an attack"?

What do I hope to accomplish in my posts?

I want the left to hold Kerry's feet to the fire. The only way of doing so is to threaten to withhold our votes. He, and the DLC, are counting on us to vote for him because we have the threat of Bush over our heads. If he can't count on us, he will have to move to the left rather than mimicking Bush and moving to the right.

I do want him to defeat Bush. I'm withholding my vote because it's the only real weapon I have to move the party (and, country) to the left. I'm not giving him a pass because we did that with Clinton and the party moved right under the delusion that that's the only way to "win". Was Clinton better than Bush or Dole. Undoubtedly. Was he a real liberal, progressive, president? Not by a long shot.

I'll probably be voting Green for Prez because their ideas are a lot more in line with my own. I'll be voting Democrat for senator and congressman for the same reason.

Got it?