<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>i believe i understand how shane regards this, wojo, and although a goy i agree with him.  you might want to read what i wrote to brian, who raised the same point regarding the antisemitism reference, more or less, as you, if you're interested.  i don't like the judas kiss metaphor at all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>regarding the article, i think the author is right on cue.  gore is the kiss of death in my opinion.  a spineless coward and DLC hack who threw the 2000 election then moped about it.  i wished he'd kept his beard and stayed a drop out.  being anywhere near him is like standing knee deep in warm asphalt.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>it does help dean to get endorsements from anyone he can get them from.  even GW bush, i suppose.   as long as he remains independent, which is a more difficult thing to do in the sour and self-serving embrase of a DLC shill with ulterior motives we can only begin to imagine.  we'll see what dean is made of.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>the wonderful part about the gore's endorsement is its effect on the other candidate wannabes.   at the last democrat's "debate,"  this incredible bunch of babies and petulant numbskulls were asked to raise their hand if they believed dean could win the 2004 election. none of the candidates raised their hands except dean.   which should come as no surprise to anyone. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>and i find lieberman's whining, narcissistic pique a delight to watch; i'm sure if positions were reversed, he would have told gore long before he made the announcement public, aren't you?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>as groucho marx said, "these are my principles; if you don't like them, i have others."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>R</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sokol@jhu.edu href="mailto:sokol@jhu.edu">Wojtek Sokolowski</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [lbo-talk] Al Gore's Judas Kiss</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Shane Mage:<BR>> Stop with the Antisemitism.  No word in any language<BR>> has contributed more to the central "deicide" blood libel.<BR>> Stop with the Antisemitism!<BR>> <BR><BR>I do not understand that line of criticism, if criticism is indeed<BR>intended.  It simply diverts attention from the fact that the article in<BR>question is a logically incoherent rant written by someone apparently so<BR>out of touch with reality to act as if he was the sole vox populi.  <BR><BR>Wojtek<BR><BR><BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>