[lbo-talk] Humor: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESSRELATIONSHIP

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Tue Sep 23 19:47:59 PDT 2008


Doug Henwood wrote:
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> True, yes, but why don't the Dems show more partisan desire to win?
> Why do they let the Reps pummel them with horseshit over & over? I
> don't mean that in a principled way - I mean that in a purely
> competitive electoral way.

The post I wrote on this the other day probably won't hold water, but I think it's a suggestion worth explorig: the DP runs as a governing party, and can win only when that 'works.' The RP is allowed, then, to be merely a set of eletoral gimmicks. Each practice wins about half the time.

I don't push it strongly, but think about it a bit. It does explain a number of puzzles.

Carrol



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