I heard a news story on Al, taking about his dad, saying that his dad got out of touch with this constituency by supporting civil rights and opposing the Vietnam war. Thiswas supposed to be a lesson for Al. There was nothing in the story that suggested that his dad did the right thing,w in or lose.--jks
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>BTW, I admit that Gore would probably still have lost if he had challenged
>systemic race-based voter exclusions. But it would have been an honorable
>battle with long-term benefits for the country, and probably for the
>Democratic Party. It may have precipitated a crisis over an issue of
>justice, a crisis which this place so badly needs. It would have made
>Gore's
>so-far useless career and blinkered ambitions worthwhile, to a certain
>extent. But I guess it's a character thing...
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