Alex Cockburn on the elections

2000-11-09 Thread Louis Proyect
November 9, 2000 Nader and the Virtues of Gridlock Election 2000: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Alexander Cockburn So it all came out right in the end: gridlock on the Hill and Nader blamed for sabotaging Al Gore. First a word about gridlock. We like it. No bold initiatives, like

Re: Alex Cockburn on the elections

2000-11-09 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Gag. Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:26 AM Subject: [PEN-L:4177] Alex Cockburn on the elections November 9, 2000 Nader and the Virtues of Gridlock Election 2000: The Best of

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2000-11-09 Thread Joanna Sheldon
A. Cockburn wrote: As for Nader holding the country to ransom, what's wrong with a hostage taker with a national backing of 2.7 million people? The election came alive because of Nader. Let's hope he and the Greens keep it up through the next four years. Not one vote for Nader, Mr. Alterman? He