Try Wayne Morse or George McGovern.
BobW
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Greetings from the ms Oosterdam, approaching the
> Hecate Strait. Yeah,
> there's something hilarious about the whole idea of
> The Nation
> cruise, but it's pretty damn nice. The ship is
> pretty comfy, like an
> upper middlebrow hotel that floats.
>
> The crew - the visible staff, that is, upstairs, as
> opposed to the
> invisible folks downstairs - seem heavily drawn from
> Dutch colonial
> history, esp Indonesia. Apparently many stay on
> board for months or
> years, sending money home.
>
> Ralph Nader is here. Saw him walking down a hallway
> in a dark suit
> looking like he missed a career as a funeral
> director. He introduced
> himself at the briefing session for speakers as "a
> consultant to GM."
>
> The Nation cruisers seem like a very agreeable bunch
> - mostly fairly
> old, and wow do they love The Nation. You do get
> asked questions like
> "whose your favorite Democrat" [i.e., presidential
> candidate]. I've
> got to come up with a better comeback than "they all
> suck." Advice
> welcome.
>
> Doug
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