[lbo-talk] Adolph Reed's latest

[Matt]

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 07:39:39PM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 5 May 2008, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> > I've never heard anyone say that Obama is a lesser evil, or that he's
> > a tactical choice, or that he's the best we can do in a fallen world.
> 
> Ahem.

Indeed.  From:

   http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20080303/004703.html

I wrote:


> 
>On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:59:19PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
>> But she's ahead now in the polls and there are more primaries
>>  ahead.  
>> Why should BHO be the presumptive nominee, other than because you  
>> like him better?
>
>Well, if one believes the following:
>
>* Obama is much more electable than Hillary, because Clinton-hate is
>  so strong amongst right-wingers and some independents.  Those voters
>  may stay home, or vote for Obama.  But they'll come out and vote for
>  McCain.
>
>* A McCain presidency would be an order of magnitude more horrible for
>  the entire world than either Obama or Clinton.
>
>Then it follows that one would want Hillary to step out.
>
>There's really nothing new here.  The "spoiler" argument is why some
>people don't want Nader to run, and didn't want him to run in the
>past.
>
>
>Matt

Matt

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