t byfield wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 22:37:57 -0800
> > From: michael perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
>
> > I do not deny that the Clintons are creeps, but I suspect that the
> > critics are correct that they are left wing Democrats. However, rather
> > than stand for any of the principals that they might believe in, they
> > follow the gods of expediency. It would have far more respect for them
> > if I thought they were legitimate conservatives acting on their
> > ill-conceived principles.
>
> but does respect translate into voting for them and supporting
> them in other ways? this is where the whole boring 'inner man'
> obsessive discourse of american politics falls flat on its arse,
> imo. personally, i wouldn't care if a politician's 'innermost'
> self was satan incarnate, as long as his/her concrete actions
> were good.
>
> cheers,
> t
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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