There's always a "pox on both their houses" potential third party strain running through the American electorate, but I don't think I've seen one in my lifetime on the left that's so attached to a single issue as this one. Not that the article indicates any of those Iowa anti-war activists are thinking of voting third party or staying home, but it's that kind of frustration that lends itself to such things. (There isn't anyone running they could pour their disaffection into anyway.) I don't know exactly what will happen --- nothing, perhaps --- but I can't help but think this feeling of impotence might be a dangerous thing for Democratic candidates to ignore.Dear Digbylicious,
-Digs, carrying water
Here are some other things that are dangerous for a Democratic candidate to ignore:
Exsanguinally,
IOZ
7 comments:
Butbutbutbut...all that death and destruction and torture and rape is all RALPH NADER'S fault! It's true! I read it on Hullabaloo!
Dangerous perhaps for the people in the photos, but for the Democratic candidates themselves?
They just don't get it, do they?
You know, if even f every kook peripherally behind Ron Paul were somehow magically fully empowered by a Paul presidency, at least we would be hurting only ourselves. The War Machine is the ONLY issue that really matters right now-because it is central to the dilemna of the American Imperial State: it is affecting our economy, our perception in the world, and the bloodthirsty and, let's be honest, fascist culture exhibited by the Republicans AND the muscular liberals.
Not that I believe that Ron Paul would really be able to stop the war or fight the Empire.
The Only Solution is Dissolution.
In some ways I miss the Dark Ages, where peasants and peons knew what they were and would freely admit it. Today every single voter thinks they are a kingmaker when in fact all we are is pawns within pawns within pwned.
Arthur Silber has discussed the difference between people who care about the value of an individual human life, and people who don't.
Digby has made her bed a long time ago and it's not going to change.
If the time machine exists, it's a thing, any psychologist is whatever
why a.s.a.p. welcome to take up with me(+), so that I can more ea-sily than up till now find out, what's when to be done about 'my' big complication, which is 2 Psy-chos' fault: to be continued, there's more to it than meets your observing eye, greet's, a.respect- life70@gmail.com, & M. Xmas.
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