> Unsafe On Any Ballot > By Christopher Hitchens
the multiple hypocrisies and evasions of Mr. Hitchens, who once called himself a socialist but eagerly enlisted in the "clash of civilizations" on the side of the neo-cons with the likes of Tom Friedman, are by now so twisted it's a fool's errand to attempt to untangle them, but two threads dangle tantalizingly among the participles in his latest denunciation of anyone to the left of himself as -- too far right!
1. It's somehow sinful or sinister for Nader to speak to a salon of GOPers run by Grover Norquist but Hitchens himself feels comfortable enough in that company to call Norquist by his first name.
2. It was good and generous of Nader to agree with Hitchens except on the issue of impeachment of Clinton.
What most has Hitchens's rhetorical panties in a bunch is his fear the Democrats, with Nader sniping at them on the war, will abandon their pledge of allegience to the Empire, leaving Hitchens naked and snivelling as its last true champion from his redoubt at Vanity Fair.
Douglas L. Vaughan, Jr. Investigations for Print, Film & Electronic Media 3140 W. 32nd Ave. Denver CO 80211 303-455-9429
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