The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible.

If the Bible is a creation myth, it is an amorphous confusing one