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Before this night is done / Their plan will be unfurled / By the dawning of the sun / They'll take over the world! --Pinky and the Brain |
Monday, August 7, 2000 Lieberman Hmmm. As I type this, it's being reported on the news that Senator Joe Lieberman is very likely going to be Al Gore's running mate. I think I now have a new benchmark for "mixed feelings." Let's see: Orthodox Jew running for V.P. On the one hand, if this happens, Al Gore has just lost the election. I simply don't believe the country is really going to put a Jew in the White House. (I can't decide whether the next sentence should be "Especially a religious one" or "Even a religious one." Each applies, albeit to a different segment of the population.) On the other hand... well, since Gore's people presumably know that, it's an intriguing choice. One that certainly undercuts Republican attacks on ethical grounds, as Lieberman's pretty good in that department... even if that often leads me to disagree with him on the issues. Which is another point. The Clinton administration is already pretty darn right-wing, and this would only make matters worse in that regard. Hmmm.
(A bit later) Apparently, it's official. I hadn't realized Gore was this desperate. Darn. I really hadn't wanted Dubya to win.
Am I cynical? A few millennia of systematic oppression can do that to a people. In a way, I'm even more scared they'll win than anything else. Just what we need to convince people that we really do run the world. As if the film industry weren't enough.
I'm also not thrilled about the prospect of a moral absolutist getting into the penultimate office. Which, given my background, is a bit ironic, I suppose. Who'da thunk the Democrats would be the ones responsible for that dilemma?
I'm still voting for Gore, though. And this is bound to be a bit of a boost to Hillary's Senate campaign, at least in New York City, so that much is all to the good. I dunno, though. I just don't know.
(Make no mistake. Part of me is thrilled, thrilled about this. But foreboding is the dominant theme in my mind, just now.)
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