Chomsky's endorsement

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:07 PM -0400 10/20/08, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>I suspect Ralph Nader will get Chomsky's vote. Nader might well claim to be
>post-transformational. He is certainly running a minimalist campaign.

;-)
Actually, though, to my surprise, there's some data on this (tip o'
the hat to Gregory Ward, who brought this to my attention):

>>Chomsky says pick the lesser of two evils
>>
>>Noam Chomsky: People should vote against McCain and for Obama - but
>>without illusions
>>
>>See interview at -
>>
>><http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view>http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2593&updaterx=2008-10-20+10%3A50%3A58
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>>Chomsky says while it's true that the two parties are essentially
>>like factions of one party - the party of business - the
>>differences do matter to ordinary people. If you are living in a
>>swing state, there is nothing wrong with picking the lesser of two
>>evils.

So it depends on where you're voting.

LH

>In a message dated 10/20/08 1:53:22 PM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:
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>>  From the NYT:
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>>  "The description of Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president,
>>  as a '_transformational_ figure' by Mr. Powell ..."
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>>  Well, we know who's getting Chomsky's vote!
>>
>>  -Wilson
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