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Bucky

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Wed Feb-18-04 07:50 AM
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37. Ted Rall's a trip. Take the faux RFK-Malcom X analogy

Rall starts off this essay with the stupidest statement. "Usually, when an American political figure speaks truth to power, he ends up conveniently dead. RFK, Malcolm X, some say Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone."

His criterion for "usually" is two guys killed more than a generation ago (36 and 40 years ago, respectively) and another guy who, um, died in a plane crash under no questionable circumstances. I think Rall has a martyr complex. And he of course ignores the hundreds of pols who have not been killed and yet did speak truth to power.

Rall needs to stick to his cartoons, which are great. He's not a smart writer.

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