----- Original Message ----- From: <DavidMcR at aol.com> To: <asdnet at igc.topica.com> Cc: <debsian at pacbell.net>; <john.halle at yale.edu> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [ASDnet] Fw: "the prick McReynolds"-like crabs in a bucket . . .
> Minor corrections. First, I really have a fair chunk of confidence in Chip
> Berlet and Kathy Pollit, even in the event I had become a "serious
electoral
> problem" last year.
>
> And there is no carpet laid in my apartment. I do, however, worry about my
> own lack of enthusiasm (to put it gently) for rap. But classical music and
> jazz? I just assume
> there is something wrong with people who don't like it.
>
> Where did the crabs in a bucket come in?
>
> And wonder if in future I should sign my posts,
> "the prick McReynolds"
>
> << Subj: [ASDnet] Fw: "the prick McReynolds"-like crabs in a bucket .
. .
> Date: 6/10/01 8:04:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: debsian at pacbell.net (Michael Pugliese)
> Reply-to: asdnet at igc.topica.com
> To: asdnet at igc.topica.com (dsa)
>
> Heh! I once got an e-mail with the subject line (from Mine Doyren, a
tight
> comrade of Lou Proyect) : "Michael Pugliese, Agent of American
> Intelligence!"
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:17:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Halle <john.halle at yale.edu>
> Subject: "the prick McReynolds"-like crabs in a bucket . . .
>
> > >
> > > >Is this prick the same David McReynolds who ran as the Socialist
> > > >Party canditate for
> > > >pres. in the last US election by any chance?
> > > >
> > > >hmm if so maybe that whole 'social fascist' label thing wasnt such a
> > > >bad idea after
> > > >all
> > >
> > > Huh? What's your beef with David McR? He seems like a fine fellow to
> > > me.
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> >
>
> And we know that had McR somehow become a serious contender in 2000
> charges like these would have been spread like a virus. Berlet would
have
> dug up a conference which McR attended with a LaRouchite or a
conversation
> he had with a neo-Nazi fifteen years ago. A fight he had with a guy who
> layed the carpet in his apartment would have been taken as an expression
> of his contempt for the working class. His failure to appreciate rap
music
> or perhaps his enjoyment of classical music would have been taken as
> indicative of his deeply rooted elitism or racism. Katha Pollitt would
> have found some remark he made somewhere to be deeply and offensively
> sexist etc.
>
> All this is a depressing reminder of those who gleefully (pace NN)
> imposed a similar purity test on Nader.
>
> You have a lot to be ashamed about.
>
> John
> >>