----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Re: NJ Dems Supporting Unions
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Murray" <seamus2001 at attbi.com>
> > TO REPEAT- Two-thirds of Dems voted AGAINST NAFTA.
> > Three-quarters and more voted AGAINST Fast Track.
> >
> > I know those facts aren't convenient for the Dem bashers, but it's the
> > facts, jack.
> >
> > -- Nathan Newman
>
> -The fact that they couldn't convince their colleagues that the treaties
> -were an affront to democracy speaks volumes.
>
> Why should their colleagues be convinced of anything by their colleagues?
> Their colleagues have little or no power over them.
>
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Well hell if everyone abrogates unto themselves the right to be free from persuasion why even bother with bicameralism as a mode of deliberation?
Ian