Eric the manly

Gordon Fitch gcf at panix.com
Wed Nov 8 16:35:52 PST 2000


Carrol wrote:
> >Let's not argue or apologize. Let's accept the credit. The left defeated Gore.
> >Hurrah! Whatever Nader wants to claim, I think quite a few of his active
> >supporters had mostly in mind punishing the Democrats. And they succeeded.
> >Doesn't it give you a warm feeling to imagine what the likes of Gitlin &
> >Alterman and Steinem are feeling now. Elections aren't very often an occasion
> >to be happy, whoever wins them. The only thing better would be if all ten top
> >college football teams lost this Saturday.

Nancy Bauer/Dennis Perrin:
> I agree. Fuck apologizing. The thought of that sawed-off little shit
> Alterman hopping up and down, wanting to strangle Nader, is too much for
> words. And I'm sure Steinem rushed directly to a homeless shelter today to
> comfort those who make up much of her daily life. I've long thought that
> Steinem was Kathie Lee without the laughs.
>
> Oh, we haven't even begun to hear it from the Gore crowd. As for the top ten
> teams, yes, let's hope that Oklahoma, Florida State and Miami go down hard.
> Schadenfreude has its pleasures.

General DeGaulle once said "Nothing dries faster than blood." My guess is that the Democratic leadership will sit around trying to figure out how to keep moving to the Right picking up more votes out in the suburbs, while at the same time keeping or recovering the errant lefties. It's only when you win that you can exact vengeance. I've already given my view of Green strategy.

In regard to the present election, it seems sort of crazy to say that a voter who prefers X has an obligation vote for Y because Z is worse than Y. Why do Nader or his supporters owe Gore or the Democrats anything? Where does this obligation come from, that someone should be jumping up and down about it? I don't get it.



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