Doug Henwood wrote:
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> Andy Kopkind once told me that, despite his public writing in support
> of Jerry Brown, he "never liked" Brown. If Brown were to win the Dem
> nomination, he said, it would destroy the Democratic Party, and if
> Brown were to win the presidency, it would destroy America. Which was
> why he was for Jerry Brown.
>
So Kopkind seriously accepted the premise "the worse the better." I don't agree, but it is rather hypocritical for anyone who admired (or admires) Kopkind to go around sneering at (usually unnamed) adherents of the "worse the better."
Carrol