NationStates Jolt Archive

How do you think that the left will respond, both here and in the real world, if Kerry wins the election? How will they react if he loses and Bush is re-elected?

The quick answer is that I couldn't give a flying fuck which of the Republicrat parties wins the election.

The more complex answer is that, in the UK at least, it depends what you mean by the Left. What's left of the left of the Labour Party will cheer a Kerry victory and curse a Bush victory. The localised community activist left will just get on with what we were doing before. And I suspect the anti-capitalist left and the Leninist left would tell you similar. (Although as always the Trot's will talk a lot of bollocks).

Very good point.

"Very good point"... maybe, but aren't you just perpetuating the Pythonesque 'splitters' mentality of the left?

So, my take (as a UK leftie running dog right deviationist sectarian, natch):

Bush win = Argh. On an epic scale.
Kerry win = Better. But not good.

Simplistic, but frankly I find the US political scene growing increasingly tiresome.

all i know is that i am not a left-winger, but i will certainly not be enjoying living in DC if Bush is re-appointed-by-the-Supreme-Court. hopefully he will be re-defeated and it will stick this time.

If Bush manages to become the first single-term president to last two-terms, this will be regarded as a bad outcome by <b>all</b> leftists around the world.

If Kerry wins, this will be regarded as a bad outcome by <b>most</b> leftists around the world.

The only difference I can see between the two is that Kerry does not wear his religion on his sleeve, and might therefore be less motivated by the fundamentalist lobby. On foreign policy, however, which, as a Canadian, is my foremost interest in American politics, I do not see a credible difference between the two.

Kerry is still right-wing by global standards, regardless of how many people call him a Massachusets liberal.