I appreciate Professor Cox's viewpoint, but I'm more worried than he is about
the effect this will have on foreign policy, by which I mean the continued
suppression of 3rd world countries.  it seems pretty clear that Cheney is
going to have the major say on this -- even the Official Press acknowledges
this -- and he's a scary guy.  it also reflects a further deterioration of
the election process; pretty soon we won't even bother with the word
democracy....

jb...

In a message dated 12/25/2000 12:04:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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 Considering how destructive almost every presidential
 action since the election of Carter has been, an administration
 with a nearly divided congress and a president who didn't
 win seems almost ideal. At the very least, it may be (a)
 impossible to destroy Social Security and (b) difficult
 at least to engage in excessive humanitarian bombing.
 All in all about the best outcome one could have hoped
 for from this election.

 Carrol Cox
  >>