[lbo-talk] Re: Tariq Ali endorses Kerry, denounces Nader

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 29 21:55:23 PDT 2004


Brad Mayer wrote:


>Doug has apparently never heard of "crackpot realism".

Actually I have, charmer.


> That is exactly wht defines our deeply disoriented, clueless Left,
>desperate to return to the supposed good ole days of the status quo
>ante before the Evil Chimp messed everything up.

Who says that? Oh, I forgot, you're not constrained by the need to produce evidence.


>As election day nears, the Left sinks deeper into its own hysterical
>morass of hooey.

How'd you get to be so gimlet-eyed?


>I didn't think so, because you are all clueless.

How'd you get to be so uniquely clued?


>Which is perhaps a neat definition for the crackpot realist Left.

Better crackpot realism than pure crackpottery.

Doug



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