Gore Gives up

[jf noonan]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> But as any student of Dan Lazare knows, the Constitution
> bears a heavy responsibility for the primitive political
> culture in the U.S.  The conscious checks on democracy, for
> one, and the reliance on Constitutional "guarantees" leading
> to a complacent demobilization for two. So you can't address
> the political culture without addressing the Constitution.

OK, I've read some of his stuff, including the 2-A piece in
_Harpers_, which I largely agreed with.  But what is his plan
for getting this new constitution?  Even in significantly more
progressive times we couldn't get an ERA passed...

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Joseph Noonan
Houston, TX
jfn1 at msc.com

haiku for struggle

democracy rocks
noisy protests in the streets
frowns high in rich suites

		-Chip Berlet