Reply #85: You have to be practical in politics, IR

[birdman]

I'm a good deal more sympathetic to the goals of
the Kucinichites than I might seem sometimes on the board.
(I even voted for Nader in '96 because I was angered when
Clinton signed the welfare reform bill). I will ackowledge
that it was easier to be principled because I knew that Clinton
was going to win - if I thought it was going to be close it would have been irresponsible for me to help geriatric Bob Dole and
the Gingrich congress gain control of the government.

But somebody who tells me that there is no difference
between Kerry and Bush is deluding themselves. Somebody
who tells me that they can't vote for Kerry because of a
fraternity he belonged to in college is beyond delusional.