Gore did it to himself

[Shane Mage]

Why is it so impossible to drill into certain heads the plain facts that:
-Gore did everything in his power to lose the election
-Despite his best efforts, Gore won the election
-The Republicans stole the election, and would have done so

   even if Nader had never been born
-Gore did everything in his power to help the Republicans

   steal the election
-The Congressional Democrats, near unanimously in the

   House and unanimously in the Senate, voted to ratify the theft

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all 
things."                                                         

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
>To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Gore did it to himself
>
>
>>  "Excuse" him? Since when does the leader of a rival political party owe
>the
>>  candidate of his opponent's party his support?
>
>He shouldn't bother running when the interests he supposedly serves will
>likely be done a disservice by his presence in a race.  Are the issues
>progressives care about more imperiled because Bush, and not Gore, won?  I
>would think so.
>
>>  What's to excuse? No apologies. Bush sucks, but the only thing we
>Naderites
>>  regret is that our guy didn't do better.
>
>I guess the recent gift the Senate gave to creditors everywhere really isn't
>cause for regret, then.
>
>>  We're called "supporters."
>
>Those unwilling to honestly account for the foreseeable consequences of
>their support are apologists.  Since you apparently lack any inclination to
>defend the ridiculous assertion that Nader's candidacy didn't play a crucial
>role in Gore's defeat, you may well not belong in that category.
>
>>  You guys are the apologists. You have something
>>  to apologize for. We don't.
>
>Only if you think "the worse, the better" is a coherent electoral strategy.
>
>-- Luke