Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Michael, I have agreed with you that a Bush administration is not likely to be substantially worse than a Gore administration on either Supreme Court appointments or environmental policy. I have argued that policies towards unions and social security are likely to be more important.

Re: Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-04 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: >also, the Congressional Democrats are much more alert to the problem >of people like Scalia, Renquist, and Thomas. I'm not sure Gore is, >though, since he voted for Scalia. Everyone did. It was 98-0. Doug

Re: voting for Nader again: A reply to Barkley

2000-11-04 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:33 PM 11/04/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Presidents do not appoint people in a vacuum. The people who advise >the presidents know the consequences of terribly stupid decisions. So, >Bush, in such a divided country, without dare to appoint another >Clarence Thomas. also, the Congressional Democ