pynchon-l-digest V2 #1520

[Doug Millison]

Flamebait.  Gratuitous, too.

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>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:31:13 +1100
>From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
>Subject: That "election"
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>Though I don't personally care whether Mayor Quimby or Sideshow Bob finally
>gets the nod as "leader of the free world" (!), and sincerely doubt what
>difference it will make to anyone else on the planet which bozo does get in,
>just for the sake of poetic justice I'd like to think that the margin that
>George W. eventually wins by is *precisely* the number of votes Gore has
>lost due to the transparent hate-mongering and mud-slinging against Bush
>carried on by so-called "professional" commentators -- particularly
>"on-line" -- as they impersonate "rigour and seriousness". What a farce.
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>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 07:47:08 +1100
>From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
>Subject: Re: ooooops, I did it again
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>I think you might have misread my post, as I did nothing of the sort.
>Nonetheless, seeing as being involved with "Nazi German banking operations"
>isn't a genetic hand-me-down, as far as I'm aware, then I can't see the
>relevance of the "dirt" being dug in terms of the context which it is being
>dug for. Seems to me that if approximately half of the voters in the U.S.
>popped their chads for the man, then accusations about "stealing the
>presidency" and being a "creepy halfwit with a criminal record" (a drink
>driving charge, I believe), and the associated fear-mongering which partisan
>Gore-ites seem to be carrying on with, on-line here at least, is just
>political lobbying of the lowest kind -- mud-slinging pure and simple
>attempting to cloak itself as reputable "history" or "journalism". But, as I
>said before, I think they're both bozos.
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>best
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