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To: LindyBill who wrote (35968)	3/21/2004 9:28:04 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793708

Another "Foreign Leader" comes out for Kerry. Saturday March 20, 2004 The Guardian Noam Chomsky, the political theorist and leftwing guru, yesterday gave his reluctant endorsement to the Democratic party's presidential contender, John Kerry, calling him "Bush-lite", but a "fraction" better than his rival. Professor Chomsky - a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a renowned chronicler of American foreign policy - said there were "small differences" between Senator Kerry and the Republican president. But, in an interview on the Guardian's politics website, he added that those small differences "can translate into large outcomes". He describes the choice facing US voters in November as "the choice between two factions of the business party". But the Bush administration was so "cruel and savage", it was important to replace it. He said: "Kerry is sometimes described as 'Bush-lite', which is not inaccurate. But despite the limited differences both domestically and internationally, there are differences. In a system of immense power, small differences can translate into large outcomes." He reserved his especial venom for the Bush administration's plans for the health sector: "The people around Bush are deeply committed to dismantling the achievements of popular struggle through the past century no matter what the cost to the general population."

To: LindyBill who wrote (35968)	3/21/2004 11:28:51 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793708

Clarke's message is the classic double-edged sword for the Democrats. The older I get, the less I like trying to grab hold of a double-edged sword. It's hard enough to predict how a single-edged sword is going to work in real life. Pointing the finger at Bush can only work if it doesn't point the finger at the Clintons, and I don't see how that's possible. Maybe Kerry comes out smelling like a rose no matter what, in which case, I guess it's worth it for him.