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Old August 23rd 07, 05:13 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc,alt.chess,soc.culture.russian
Rob
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Default Senator Gravel: Bobby Fischer should be pardoned

On Aug 23, 11:02 am, Taylor Kingston wrote:
On Aug 23, 11:50 am, samsloan wrote:





On Aug 23, 11:25 am, Taylor Kingston wrote:


On Aug 23, 8:26 am, samsloan wrote:


On Aug 23, 4:34 am, Eustace wrote:


From an interview of Senator Gravel's spokesperson Shawn Alexander
Colvin to the the newspaper Pravda.ru.


(http://english.pravda.ru/world/ameri...0-senator_mike...)


Second question from the bottom:


PRAVDA.RU: Can you imagine the former chess champion Bobby Fisher as the
leader of an opposition movement in the USA? Please substantiate your
answer.


The interviewer must be amazingly ignorant of Fischer's political
and social opinions, or those of most Americans, to ask such an absurd
question.


I disagree. The interviewer seems quite aware of Fischer's views.


My comment still stands. In that case, the interviewer must be
amazingly ignorant of how most Americans would view Fischer's rabidly
racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-American views. Not to mention
Fischer's lifelong preference for being an isolated loner, rather than
a group leader. There is no possibility of Fischer ever becoming any
sort of leader of any substantial political movement in the USA.- Hide quoted text -

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I agree with Taylor on this one. Fischer could never lead. Loan wolves
never lead a pack, they just antagonize it. Fischer and Mohaned Slaon
are cut from similar cloth in that regard.
Rob

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