Let’s Not Support Lesser Evilism, Much Ado About Nothing Election Results

Kim Petersen, www.dissidentvoice.org

Post-November 8, the debate on lesser evilism and how best to break away from the military-corporate grip on the United States political landscape continues. David G. Mills wrote a sanguine assessment of the Democratic Party electoral gains in his "The Bill of Rights Party Soundly Beat the Article II Party." While jubilation among Democratic Party supporters in the aftermath of the November election results is understandable, curious is the excitement among some progressives because, no matter how disdainful the administration of self-proclaimed "war president" George W. Bush is, on major issues the regressive status quo will prevail under either of the evils: lesser and greater...

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