[lbo-talk] Weiner unhid!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jun 13 10:38:30 PDT 2011


On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Michael Smith wrote:


> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:34:42 -0400
> Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael Smith: "Don't mind CB. He's just upset that another Democrat
>> bit the dust."
>>
>> [WS:] And he has a good reason to be upset. I do not see a "reserve
>> army" of socialists ready to step into the positions now occupied by
>> Democrats, but I see a "reserve army" of conservatives and
>> libertarians
>
> The lesser-evil argument seems to be of that class which one
> either finds persuasive or one doesn't, for reasons not always clear
> even to oneself.

Except that in Weiner's district, the likelihood of a Republican winning is approximately 0. Though he's likely to be redistricted out of a seat anyway.

Doug



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