[lbo-talk] merits of an early death (was JFK - withdrawal from Vietnam?)

[Kevin Robert Dean]

Chris Doss wrote:
> 
> I'm in the agnostic camp on this one, and appreciate that Jamie may well
> know something Noam doesn't.  But one thing in Chomsky's favor comes from
> Orwell's comments on "politicians who win an undeserved reputation by
> dying prematurely."
> 
> ---
> Yes. If Hitler had died in 1939, he would probably be remembered as a 
> great statesman...
> 

Of course the theory falls flat when we see how much worship of The 
Gipper there is in certian circles...