On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:05:40 -0500
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> They liked Bush better than
>> Gore too.
>
> This isn't surprising. Who could like Gore at all? He's
> surely the polar object of unlikableness. Take the most
> likable person you know, reverse the signs of all the
> relevant dimensional coefficients, and you've got Gore.
By most accounts, Gore is fairly likable in person. But so what? Why should likability matter? We're not drinking beer with them, we're giving them state power.
Doug