Tuesday, April 13, 2004
(8:16 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Three Questions
- If Salon were to go out of business today, would you miss it? Would you even notice?
- Is Bush alarmism necessary anymore? Isn't the guy so completely screwed by now that we can start talking about something other than just getting rid of him? A few examples:
- Instead of just saying, "Bush wants to take away our constitutional rights," you could maybe point out ways in which you will defend and expand our rights.
- Instead of just saying, "Bush's foreign policy has been a total trainwreck," you could talk about your own foreign policy (I know this goes on to some extent, but so far the model seems to have been "do the opposite of what Bush did").
- Instead of just saying, "Bush's tax cuts were directed toward the rich," you could come up with some cute slogan about why progressive taxation isn't sinful (a more compact version of "Those who benefit most from our democratic, free-market institution should pay the most to maintain them").
- Instead of just saying, "Bush panders to corporate interests," you could talk about how you plan to stand up to corporate power -- oh, wait, I must have been thinking about a different country.
- Instead of just saying, "Bush wants to take away our constitutional rights," you could maybe point out ways in which you will defend and expand our rights.
- Is Modest Mouse cool or what?
