----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck0 <chuck at tao.ca> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:26 PM Subject: Re: Legitimation Crisis Strong- Bush presidency judged as "not legitimate" by minorities, Dems.
> Nathan Newman wrote:
> >
> > Well, vast majorities of blacks and large majorities of latinos and Dems
in
> > general apparently do not consider Bush legitimately elected to the
> > Presidency. Not a bad basis for radical organizing - NN
>
> This may be one of those few times I concur with Nathan. The depth of
> this "legitimation" crisis sruck home yesterday when my best friend
> informed me that an old roommate of mine, who is a really smart guy who
> has spent too much time in academia, is so upset about the election that
> he wants to come to Washington for Inauguration. This guy is probably
> alot like Nathan and the other intellectual liberals on this list. He's
> never been an activist.
>
> Changing gear a bit--there's an interesting article on
> WashingtonPost.com about a headache that George W. is going to be
> having:
>
> Many Europeans See Bush as Executioner Extraordinaire
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16803-2000Dec16.html
>
> We should expect to see a few riots whenever George W. travels abroad.
>
> Then there is Secretary of State Colin "war criminal" Powell. Whereas
> Secretary Halfbright was an aspiring war criminal, with Powell we get
> somebody with a proven track record.
>
> It will be interesting to see what kind of reception he'll get as he
> travels abroad.
>
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