[lbo-talk] Jeremiah Wright or Wrong?

[Michael Smith]

When somebody characterizes a politician's behavior with 
an anodyne and self-evident phrase like "not alienating the electorate"
or "not losing 49 states" I tend to suspect the operation of 
euphemism. 

But maybe "willing to do whatever it takes" was too strong. 
I can't be sure (much less prove, as Max would no doubt demand)
that Obama would be willing to boil a baby to become President -- 
although Bill Clinton was quite willing to fry a halfwit in the same 
noble cause. 

On Wednesday 19 March 2008 08:51:10 Chris Doss wrote:
> 
> "Not wanting to alienate the electorate" is a long way
> from "willing to do whatever it takes to become
> President."
> 
> --- Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
> 
> > It's not? 
> > 
> > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 06:51:34 Chris Doss
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > That's actually not the same thought.
> > > 
> > > --- Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tuesday 18 March 2008 20:36:12 Max B. Sawicky
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > In other words, Obama's problem here is that
> > he is
> > > > not willing to lose 
> > > > > 49 states
> > > > > in a general election.
> > > > 
> > > > Or, expressing the same thought in slightly 
> > > > different words: he'll do whatever it takes to 
> > > > become President. 
> > > > 
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