Am I wrong to be troubled by this (article about Kerry in Counterpunch)

[seventhson]

http://www.counterpunch.org/


Notes from Cochabamba
Kerry and Bolivia: To the Right of Bush?
By SEAN DONAHUE

Cochabamba, Bolivia.

On June 26, speaking to the National Association of Elected and Appointed Latino Officials in Washington, DC, John Kerry laid out a hardline against Latin America's grassroots social movements, telling the assembled officials that "we can't sit by and watch as mob violence drives a president from office, like what happened in Bolivia or Argentina."

Four days later, in an op-ed in the Miami Herald, he reiterated his position that the Bush administration hasn't been foreceful enough in defending U.S. economic interests in Latin America, writing that "In Bolivia, Bush encouraged the election of a pro-market, pro-U.S. president and did nothing to help the country when riots shook the capital and the president was forced to flee."

The "mob violence" that drove Bolivan President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada from power last fall was a largely nonviolent campaign of strikes, road blockades, and street protests organized by labor unions, coca growers, and indigenous people to prevent Sanchez de Lozada from selling off the nation's natural gas reserves to foreign corporations.

[papau]

1. No reason to be troubled by a Alexander Cockburn & friends piece

IMHO, Fellow makes a living mis-interpreting Democratic Party positions so as say Liberals are far enough left - indeed he is used by the right to dump on liberals - and to convince folks to vote for that "leftest" funded by the right - Nader!

LOL - and it is funny in a sick sort of way.

In any case, Kerry said they elected a pro-American Gov and we did not help that Gov.

Cockburn wants you to read that as we did not offer military help to put down the workers.

But what Kerry said is that "we did not help" - meaning via trade and economic and just paying attention and guiding the gov to do things that do not cause the workers to get upset.

Not all that evil, eh?

[KittyWampus]

2. I've Given Counterpunch No Credence For A While Now

they are agitators and literally nothing more.

[BillZBubb]

3. Sadly, I stopped reading Counterpunch a while back.

Although they have some very good articles, nobody seems to be "pure" enough to suit them. I guess I'm too pragmatic.

I haven't been tempted to go back either.

[reprehensor]

4. No.

Counterpunch hates all the Democratic candidates. They even published an article in which Nader claims that Repubs are NOT helping him out in major ways, and Dems are conjuring up claims about his contemporary relationship with the GOP.

Which is BS.

Rupert Murdoch is publishing Nader's newest book. What does that tell you?

Strange alliance

Counterpunch, sticking up for News Corps cronies. What a sham.

[Mike L]

5. Counterpunch is the only "progressive" website that supports Nader.

Alexander Cockburn is a Socialist. His father was well-known Irish communist, Claud Cockburn. Nuff said.