tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post115511387232106598..comments2023-06-22T02:27:01.854-07:00Comments on Shiraz Socialist: Chickens coming home to roostvoltaires_priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00346308174248473666noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post-1155193969548636742006-08-10T00:12:00.000-07:002006-08-10T00:12:00.000-07:00"He accuses Bush of being soft on Zionism"Really?<I>"He accuses Bush of being soft on Zionism"</I><BR/><BR/>Really?voltaires_priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346308174248473666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post-1155180104093628612006-08-09T20:21:00.000-07:002006-08-09T20:21:00.000-07:00The Democratic Party always has a lesser evil to v...The Democratic Party always has a lesser evil to vote for.<BR/><BR/>Kerry said if he was president, Hezbollah would have been wiped out by now. He accuses Bush of being soft on Zionism.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post-1155120912898059582006-08-09T03:55:00.000-07:002006-08-09T03:55:00.000-07:00Bruce; you endorsed a fudge position of effective ...Bruce; you endorsed a fudge position of effective abstention in 2004 rather than a critical vote for Kerry, which would have opened a space on the left for a more progressive polity to grow. The same is happening here.<BR/><BR/>There's a reason why Seattle etc happened under a Democratic president, it's because that's how political dynamics work. While people are concentrating on "getting rid of the GOP" (or the DINO, or the Tories over here), they don't explore further possibilities.<BR/><BR/>It is also, on another level, simply true, that a Kerry presidency would have been better than a Bush one, from all sorts of perspectives.voltaires_priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346308174248473666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post-1155119902219926072006-08-09T03:38:00.000-07:002006-08-09T03:38:00.000-07:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5258582.stmLin...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5258582.stm<BR/><BR/>Link above looks at the impact on the Republicans.stroppybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084299441558297740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924640.post-1155118996433902322006-08-09T03:23:00.000-07:002006-08-09T03:23:00.000-07:00'Game on' for what? Another two years of pretendi...'Game on' for what? Another two years of pretending that the Democrats can be a left alternative in US politics, followed by another disappointment as they either fail to win because they fight on the Republicans' home turf (Kerry) or they do win and then show their true colours (Clinton)? How often does this have to happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com