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> Of course, the Florida nonsense is a bit of a red herring,
I think it was more like a canary in a coal mine. Need I repost again
Supreme Court Justice Scalia's apologia pro Dubya vita(sp?)?
> regarding the
> actual election. Gore blew it badly, for several reasons (which I would
> suggest are: failure to treat Clinton honorably; failure to have confidence
> in himself; too respectful a treatment of Bush). He lost it, rather than
> Bush won it.
I think you are "close":
Gore blew it badly. Failure to honor dishonorable but
well-meaning and publicly popular (at least
with Democrats...) Clinton.
Failure to project self-certainty which the voters
expect even if a reflective person knows it's bullsh-t.
Too much of a gentleman and a scholar for this world, both
in particular and in general.
Of course, Gore may also be a wimp, but that's moot (please,
Justice Scalia, correct me if I have not used this legal
term correctly).
I once heard Gore on NPR explain that even going to Yale and
Oxford could not give Clinton the "background" he did
not get in his upbringing. This is dead right -- i.e.,
it's right but it's the kind of thing that to say it
kills a politician.
>
> And now...who will the Democrats nominate??? Kerry, as I understand him
> today, would get my vote.
I am not hopeful. I nominate Al Sharpton. Giv'em hell, Al!
\brad mccormick
>
> Cheers,
> Lawry
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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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