At 01:02 PM 11/12/00 -0500, Max Sawicky wrote:
> > Have a look at this one and CIRCULATE WIDELY:
> > http://www.geocities.com/countercoup
> > Tom Walker
>
>Pretty remarkable, the extent of activity. I've waxed
>on this on LBO, so if anyone is interested they can
>check the archives. I'll just summarize here.
>
>I think this is the right protest at the wrong time, and
>timing is everything in politics. It is clearly predicated
>on Gore's margin of defeat, not on any abiding concern
>with democracy.
i think you're wrong about the motivations behind protest--particularly
w.r.t. floridians. the other night they interviewed a woman on the local
news. she was protesting. get this: she thought that gore had won both!
so, i started asking around. there is an abiding anger about the b.s.
people have encountered. and one of the things that is possibly
interesting about this as an issue is that it is seen as far more than a
race-based issue. whites are just as ticked, seems to me.
yeah, it can go over board in terms of the opportunistic use of race in
order to get gore elected. still, it's not clear to me that it is about
gore for the folks protesting or who are upset.
kelley
