Stew Albert writes some very smart stuff. But it really pollutes our understanding and ability to fight back to call this a "coup." This is of a piece (I don't accuse Stew of these things) with, "Blacks live in slavery," "fascism has come to the US," etc. I share the feeling behind such statements, but they cloud our minds. Jesse Lemisch ----- Original Message ----- From: <StewA@aol.com> To: <sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [sixties-l] A Very American Coup > A coup is a coup is a coup. Do you really think Bush won the vote in Florida > and his lawyers were just passionately devoted to abstract legal principles? > Do you really think there wasn't a systematic effort made to disqualify > eligible Black voters? Do you really think those old Jewish voters who asked > for help and were turned down by officials - were turned down in the name of > a love for rules ?- if so why were rule breaking Republicans allowed to > repair Republican requests for absentee ballots elsewhere? Do you think Bush > doesn't kind of feel bad that he lost the national election by 320,000 votes? > And do you think that the five Republicans on the Supreme Court - two with > direct ties to the Bush campaign did not know who buttered their bread? > Some stuff like this did happen in the 19th century - but as for 1960 - if > the Chicago political machine really determined the outcome of the election - > why didn't Nixon complain? Please don't tell me it was because of his > selfless patriotism -- Stew Albert
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