-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Howard Dean, Nader, Chomsky and Stalin Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:50:47 -0600 From: Saul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you notice that Alterman brings up Stalin three times on that blog page? We get the "Nader, Dean, Chomsky and Stalin" axis on Jan 26th, "the whines of certain anti-Semitic, Stalinist Nation columnists who have just published self-justifying books" on the 21st, and on Jan 14th he actually brought up "Stalinesque show trials" in conjunction with something that happened on the right.
And for breakfast I'd like spam, spam, Stalin, eggs, Stalin, bacon, spam and Stalin. And bring me a copy of the Workers Vanguard while you're at it.
>Eric Alterman: >Im sure Dean has many idealistic supporters. And for all I know, he >might make a terrific president. But my honest opinion is that hed be >a much weaker candidate against Bush than Kerry, Clark or Edwards, and >since thats the only issue that moves me, I think it would be a big >mistake to give him the nomination. Ive enumerated reasons for this in >the past and I think they become more apparent every day. (And be >honest, while he was brave and outspoken on the war when others were >quiet and cautious, do you really think he would handle the current >quagmire better than any other of his major rivals? Just what in his >career as a country doctor and governor of Vermont leads you to that?) > >I suspect that some of these people did Dean more harm than good in >Iowa. Moreover, its kind of pathetic that so many people on the left >become so tied into hero worshipNader, Dean, Chomsky, (and dare I say >it, Stalin)that they feel a need to abuse anyone who does not share >their wide-eyed admiration. I expect this kind of vituperation for any >kind of deviationism is what turns many leftists and liberals into >conservatives. (Its not working with me yet, but hey, Im only 44 and >Scaife hasnt come up with an attractive enough offer.) > >full: <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/>http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/
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