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Originally Posted by The One and Only...
The world has been getting more libertarian consistently. Did you miss the neoliberal revolution, or what?
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Woah, what about the Milky Way!!??? Let's not forget the entire known and unknown universe, okay!??
And are you saying that neo-liberalism is the opposite of populism, or that populism is somehow contrary to small government, lower taxation movements...? If so, your understanding of our political history is limited.
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Originally Posted by Ranxer
i havnt been following greens enough to understand what nader is thinking, but i did hear that he said he's going to run if kucinich doesnt get the dem ticket.
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Maybe, maybe not. The word I've been hearig is that Kucinich will stay in the thing until the very end, to the point that they kick him out. The candidate will be all but official by the first few primary/caucus meetings, but the other Dem. candidates can "technically" run up until the convention. Those candidates send delegates. Those delegates assist in writing the Party platform for the next four years. Some think this is Kucinich's plan, hoping that all the other candidates will have long dropped out, leaving an abundance of Dean and Kucinich delegates at the convention. This seems like a victory to some in Kucinich land, having the opportunity to put a Leftist issue or two on the platform (I have trouble believing it to be significant at al, but whatever). So Kucinich will be in it for the proverbial long haul, so Nader may never blossom, unless of course he realizes and gets frustrated with Kucinich's "change the party internally" plan.
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like ive been saying for a long time.. if we can't have the best.. lets have the worst so the revolution comes sooner. not that i wish bush's policies on anyone mind you.
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People went for this argument in 2000, but I don't think they're buying it after actually living through four years, two wars, etc. with the real deal....