Hitch& Alterman-Democrats: Draft Rudy

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Sep 25 17:38:15 PDT 2001



> alterman is silly and depressing here but more
> consistant...hitch used to be a noam supporter (though
> come to think of it, i heard alterman describe himself
> as an anarcho-syndie...maybe the desire to remain
> popular in msnbc and mainstream media circles does
> that to these guys...)
>
> Memo to Democrats: Draft Rudy
> --- "Dorkin, Eric" <EDorkin at jenner.com> wrote:
> > http://www.msnbc.com/news/633345.asp

Simply another pragmatic argument (although, in this case, an unconvincing one) to support the "lesser evil." Nothing necessarily counter to left principles 'bout that. On the other hand, sacrificing well-being at the alter of "idealism" is truly perverse.

-- Luke



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