McChesney: Why I'm Voting for Ralph

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Aug 14 16:20:06 PDT 2000


Max Sawicky wrote:


>
> I do take exception to your implication that
> commitment is a matter of what one believes on
> some gamut of political questions.

I didn't say it was. I tried to keep my tone speculative, so there's no need to take exception. And conditions need not be extreme. Jeff Jones of the Weathemen spoke here in the fall of 69. Afterwards we had an SDS meeting. I still remember the sinking feeling in my stomach as two people I thought I shared political solidarity with began right in the midst of the discussion to spout weatherman rhetoric.

Twenty-five years is relevant to a given inidividual, Ralph Nader, but not particularly relevant to the general topic.

Carrol



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