[lbo-talk] Re: Ralph

Liza Featherstone lfeather at panix.com
Mon Feb 23 09:11:12 PST 2004


Yes, and after equivocating a bit, when he did sort of admit he was for gay marriage, he did so with a kind of pained distaste.

Liza


> From: BklynMagus <magcomm at ix.netcom.com>
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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:38:45 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: Ralph
>
> Dear List:
>
> My husband and I watched the Ralph/Arnold double bill on Sunday and some
> thoughts struck us.
>
> 1) They both seemed so much alike - evading questions as being hypothetical
> (isn't that what most questions are?). One comes across as a vanity governor
> and the other as a vanity candidate.
>
> 2) What is with Ralph and gay marriage -- he had to be asked twice if he was
> for it. It seems a no-brainer. Didn't he learn anything in the last 4 years?
> When Russert asks him if a Dem presidency would mean a difference in the area
> of judicial appointments and the environment he says yes and then in the next
> breath he says there is no difference between the two parties. He cannot have
> it both ways.
>
> 3) My husband (who doesn't follow politics as I do) said Ralph came across as
> a very intelligent man who doesn't know what to do with his intelligence.
> Also, what appeal is he expected to generate in the Black community? Both
> here in New York City and in South Carolina (where my husband is from) the
> sentiment seems to be that we have to get rid of Bush
>
> 4) (Since we recently had a thread on fashion) Didn't anyone ever tell Ralph
> not to wear a button-own oxford shirt with a suit? LOL? Seems just another
> aspect of his willful disregard of reality.
>
> Brian Dauth
> Queer Buddhist Resister
>
>
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