Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1

[Doug Henwood]

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>The comments about Jefferson and the Constitution are almost too silly to
>discuss. J was no great fan of the C, which he did not sign precisely because
>of its comparative conservatism, And as for the anti-majoritarainsim od the
>C, and especially the Bill of Rights, is that such a bad thing? Some people
>might think that it is the anti-majoritarianism of the C that is precisely
>its glory, in providing discrete and insular minorities a defense against
>majoritarianian oppression. --jks

Oh yes, the propertied minority needs vigorous protection against the 
masses. Just ask Madison, Federalist #10.

Doug