i just hope it fails to get on the ballot. period.
we may not be able to adequately communicate why LJ has been a liability to this movement to others. the history is simply too long and sordid to communicate to others - and some people simply refuse to listen.
but - failure speaks volumes. who will get behind LJ on the next initiative if this one fails?
but since you bring Luke up - he is a perfect example. he lined up with Les against us when we challenged Les on Criminal Politics. what could be more clear than CP? the magazine was vile to the extreme. it was self evident that LJ was showing poor judgment. right?
yet - Luke lined up with LJ against us.
months later when Luke and LJ had a very public falling out, and Luke finally saw the forest for the trees, did Luke suddenly realize he had chosen the wrong side? did he realize that we had been right all along - and perhaps we deserved - if not an apology - at least some conciliatory gesture?
nope.
awhile ago i was involved in a series of emails among a closed-list of 9/11 activists. i was unaware that Luke was even included in the list. but he reacted to seeing my name- and jumped into the dialgue - and expressed opinions that made it quite clear that nothing had changed.
that is a very poignant example of the damage that LJ has done to this movement. he succeeds in dividing people so thoroughly that - even when he is exposed - the damage to relationships is usually too severe to repair.