nd snc Krgmn s qstnng th lgtmcy f th crrnt Rpblcn dmntd systm, h mst ls b rvltnry pwr. Nvrmnd th wll f th vtrs tht nbld th Rpblcn rvltn gnst th prvlng sclst prdgm f th md 20th cntry.
[Editor: ignore=off]The will of the voters was not taken into account Bendito, or mare accurately, the will of the voters was negated and stymied.
Posted by John B. at August 10, 2004 05:40 AMLighten up, John B.! I think Bendito is a real hoot with his reverse-Marxist rhetoric! I really get a laugh out of the way he sounds just like a college-boy Trot with all those abstractions he flings around in cold-blooded support of his political agenda. Unfortunately, he's just not funny when he strays off dialectic and jargon and I usually just skip him then.
Posted by jlb at August 10, 2004 05:58 AM"Nevermind the will of the voters that enabled the Republican revolution...
Ah yes, never mind the will of the voters in Election 2000, wherein 542,000 more voted for Gore. Government by the people. Uh-huh.
If one wants a classic example of a liberal who doesn't get the engulfing tide of revolutionary radical power, he's not so faw away: Kevin Drum.
You know, in a way I don't want every Walmart worker to be in a union, for everybody to have health insurance, trade agreements that don't accelerate the race to the bottom in labor markets, and sane fical and taxation policy. I'd just be happy with things the way they were before the Republicans lost their minds.
Krugman's book has been out there a long time. I've been ranting and raving for three years. It hasn't made the slightest bit of difference.
Why can't people see that impeaching a president over a private sexual affair and pre-emptive war are classic hallmarks of radical freaks? Why?
I suppose I'll soldier on--84 more days to go. I vividly remember researching Bush vs. Gore nearly four years ago--a long time to be extremely alarmed.
But that, very likely, will be it. I'm so offended by the Republicans I just can't see how it's worth it. I've gone through utter hell in this life and I'll just employ a simple denial mechanism after the election and live my life in my gardens, books, and kitchen. I might write some short fiction.
If I was single I'd move to Canada. But since I'm not, I'll retreat to my .2967 acre in Santa Clara Valley and daydream. It's far too painful to watch a once great country descend into violent, lying oblivion simply becuase the political and media leadership chucked all their character principles out the window. Not worth it.
Posted by paradox at August 10, 2004 05:59 AMIt was patriots and revolutionaries that set this nation free in the 1770's.
It will be patriots and revolutionaries that will set this nation free once again.
Posted by ROGNM at August 10, 2004 06:19 AMThe Brits were an ocean away. Our enemies (no, I don't use that word lightly) are right among us, happily enabled by a whoring press corps and fully 38% of the population.
There will be no shining savior or party to preserve our freedoms. Hell, as the most advanced technology nation on Earth we can't even fabricate voting machines that work!!
John Kerry will be our savior? Don't make me laugh. Has he said one word about the new voting machines? Not that I'm aware of. Champion of Demcoracy and voting rights, isn't he? Please.
With the voting machines and Election 2000 it's very fair to say that American Democracy has completely collapsed. Certainly on the federal level. Look over there! The big Laci Peterson witness is about to take the stand!
Posted by paradox at August 10, 2004 07:05 AMMary,
Congratulations on landing the interview with Krugman, and thanks for working to bring it to us. I look forward to the remainder.
Paradox,
Kerry is a step (in some ways big, in other ways little) in the right direction. As a country, America is young, but our governmental system is relatively old, and as a result change generally comes in slow, small increments. Politically, many Americans have been turned off since the last set of major changes in the 60s, but I think this election will mark the end of that long decline.
Kerry will have major obstacles to overcome in the form of the economic and foreign policy messes left by Bush, as well as likely feverish resistance from the House GOP, but nevertheless, I strongly believe that the 40-year rise to power of the radical right peaked at about the time of "Mission Accomplished", and has been increasingly waning as the Bush administration and their Congressional allies have proven to be so incompetent at governing. The radical right's hubris both accelerated its own decline as well as the time in which America must reconcile its gluttonous consumption with the environmental, security, and enconomic consequences. I don't believe the radical right will be able to regain power through cultural wedge issues and appeals to greed because of how they've exposed themselves as unfit for office, because of the many issues of great weight that are demanding attention, and because of the shifting demographics that favor progressive policy.
Posted by Bragan at August 10, 2004 08:50 AM