Re: Re: Alex Cockburn on the elections

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? H

Re: Alex Cockburn on the elections

2000-11-09 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
s to him. 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

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 privatiz