[lbo-talk] Adolph Reed's latest

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 5 18:42:47 PDT 2008


On May 5, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:


>> The support is always at 110% enthusiasm, with grand claims of
>> historical transformation should he win, or about the wonderful
>> "movement" he's spawned that transcends a mere candidacy. Maybe
>> you've had a different experience.
>
> And maybe you're selectively remembering? "Always" and "never
> anyone" are
> strong words that are very unlike you. "Always 110% enthusiasm" is
> just
> preposterous.
>
> It sounds like antiobamamania is getting to be just as perceptually
> distorting an experience as obamamania.

"Never" is a figurative expression. This is the Internet, not a peer- reviewed journal. But as you yourself put it when we had dinner a few weeks ago. Obama is like a hot woman in whose presence men lose 20 IQ points.

Doug



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