tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post5838657953684895851..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: How the West was Won: Unity and the Presidential CampaignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-76589373869719549132008-07-14T16:58:00.000-04:002008-07-14T16:58:00.000-04:00Polls show that most Americans support changing th...Polls show that most Americans support changing the course in Iraq, extending health insurance to the uninsured, raising the minn=imum wage, keeping abortion legal and extending recognition to gay and lesbian relationships are all majority positions and a part of The Nation agenda. The best chance Obama has of winning the election is supporting that agenda. As for conservatives, Republicans JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-70541831739822301592008-07-14T02:02:00.000-04:002008-07-14T02:02:00.000-04:00America wants significant change and Obama isn't h...America wants significant change and Obama isn't helping his campaign by running to the right. The most votes are on the center and Left. Obama shouldn't accept the conservative propaganda that America is a Conservative nation or that America has turned to the righ since the sixties. Michael Parenti has written about how the rightward drift in American politics in the last few years is a result Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-48804497897431762772008-07-08T23:48:00.000-04:002008-07-08T23:48:00.000-04:00To nutmeg: Your posts are there. You sent them on ...To nutmeg: Your posts are there. You sent them on a busy holiday weekend and your local friendly moderator tries hard to be at the computer work-station 24-7, but isn't always able. Thanks for participating in the discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-34809878096717841012008-07-08T23:42:00.000-04:002008-07-08T23:42:00.000-04:00Thank you, Harold. I submitted something like this...Thank you, Harold. I submitted something like this earlier, but surprise-surprise, they didn't post it. Of course, they're probably not going to post <I>this</I> either, so I'm not sure why I'm even bothering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-54334513670433274182008-07-08T12:54:00.000-04:002008-07-08T12:54:00.000-04:00Also, it's worth noting that in the examples of Br...Also, it's worth noting that in the examples of Brazil, South Africa, India, and Italy you cite, one of the primary reasons why "change is hard" is because <I>mainstream left organizations themselves</I> either enabled or directly induced the consolidation of neoliberal class rule in those respective countries. Take Brazil - Lula's "left" government is the best friend that unfettered Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-36774553698394295042008-07-08T11:47:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:47:00.000-04:00A few things:1) The unity of left, center and righ...A few things:<BR/><BR/>1) The unity of left, center and right makes no sense, because your idea that the policies of Bush, McCain, et al are "are an extreme danger to all of us" is fundamentally wrong. The scary thing about the current set in the White House, and about capitalism in general, is that they are in fact very, very <I>good</I> for a small but significant piece of society: precisely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-56762150938213208162008-07-08T10:58:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:58:00.000-04:00I think this "unity" that is so much talked about ...I think this "unity" that is so much talked about is a pipe-dream. Because as much as we hate the right-wing, there are people in this country (quite a few of them, actually) that embrace the right wing due to its "stance" on issues like national security.<BR/><BR/>In order to build unity, we need to engage heavily in the war of ideas. We need to abandon hope not only in the two corporate Krumbled Kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191781837942962249noreply@blogger.com