I don't usually disagree with Jim, but here I do not. I suspect that
relatively few antisemites would have supported Gore unless he put a Buchanan
on the ticket. Lieberman gives Gore cover from Clinton. What was his wife's
record in the anti-trust field? Wasn't she pretty weak?
Lieberman is to the right of Gore. Just another example of trashing his base,
while currying favor with his natural enemies. Isn't that the operating
procedure of the New Dems.
Jim Devine wrote:
>
> BTW, I think Al Gore's choice of Joseph Lieberman as his running mate is
> the bravest thing that Gore has done, since Lieberman is Jewish (and
> orthodox) while antisemitism is quite common in the US. I'm surprised that
> the focus-group-meisters that run his life allowed it. Or maybe the
> antisemites wouldn't vote for Gore anyway?
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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