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January 23, 2007 at 18:53:20

Ten Things Learned Since Dems' Election Victory

by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers Page 3 of 3 page(s)

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If the Democrats want to take back the White House in 2008 and hold onto the House and Senate, they'd better get cracking, before they waste the mandate and momentum supplied them by the voters last November. And before popular anger and revulsion set in among the progressive Democratic base to the point of considering switching to a third-party.

Those of us interested in significant change need to put Democratic leaders' feet to the fire and keep the temperature of the coals hot. #

Bernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at Western Washington University and San Diego State University, worked as a writer/editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently is co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org). To comment, write crisispapers@comcast.net .

First published by The Crisis Papers 1/23/07.
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I'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website http://noinnovember.ning.com
Mark E. SmithI'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website http://noinnovember.ning.com

Dr. Weiner, I salute you!

Your article should have top billing on every website that claims to call itself liberal or progressive.

Instead, as you can see from this article Arianna Huffington's website featured a well-known Republican operative making spurious attacks on Barbara Boxer, in an obvious ploy to deflect criticism away from the Democrats and onto their Republican colleagues.

As Ralph Nader has been saying for years, the lesser evil is still evil. Why people would knowingly vote for a lesser evil, and then expect something good of them, is beyond me. If you consider yourself a good person, and you want good things to happen, why not vote for people like yourself?

--Mark

by Mark E. Smith (21 articles, 30 quicklinks, 100 diaries, 1325 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 1:06:25 AM

Bernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at universities in California and Washington, worked for two decades as a writer-editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org).
Bernard WeinerBernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at universities in California and Washington, worked for two decades as a writer-editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org).

Why vote for lesser of two evils?

How about because, if we've learned nothing during the past six years, we now realize how one person in the presidency can do an extraordinary amount of damage. Turns out that even if you don't think there's more than a nickel's worth of difference between Bush and Kerry, that nickel turns out to be have been enough to thoroughly alter our government and military policy. Having Bush in there has taken us down the road to international pariah status and neo-fascism at home. A Democrat in the office might have been no great shakes, but would not go to the extremes demonstrated by Bush&Co. That's why, even though we must build a grassroots new party from the ground up, in the interim I sometimes hold my nose and vote for a Democrat who is less than stellar. Thanks for writing. -- Bernard Weiner, Co-Editor, The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org)

by Bernard Weiner (147 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 6 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 12:16:44 PM