Chomsky's endorsement

[Scot LaFaive]

>So it depends on where you're voting.

Do you think he could make a transformational rule to take this into
account? Perhaps some kind of parameter for a general overarching
voting principle?

Scot


On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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:
>>
>>
>>>  From the NYT:
>>>
>>>  "The description of Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president,
>>>  as a '_transformational_ figure' by Mr. Powell ..."
>>>
>>>  Well, we know who's getting Chomsky's vote!
>>>
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