-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: O Happy Day Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:23:48 -0500 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com References: <4.3.2.7.0.20001215103215.00c5fbd0 at mail.staff.adelaide.edu.au>
Catherine Driscoll wrote:
>I bet I don't get many more laughs out of GWB
You may be right. A period of national healing and bipartisan purposefulness has begun. Further evidence that Nathan's great movement to democratize the franchise has been put on hold appeared in today's New York Times:
>"Bipartisanship isn't an option any more," Mr. Daschle said. "It's a
>requirement." The Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of those who called the
>governor to wish him well. Ms. Hughes said the two men spoke of the
>need for healing and for election reform. "He was very gracious,"
>she said of Mr. Jackson. "They had a very good conversation."
Jackson's gesture is a perfect example of why the Democrats are a positively malignant force and not a mere disappointment - keeping the masses in the fold, and papering over the legitimation crisis.
Doug