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- From: leon@cs.weber.edu (Leon D. Atkinson)
- Subject: Re: objectivist candidates
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.181400.16563@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
- References: <C1Bztx.Gyz@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan26.160852.6183@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 18:14:00 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.160852.6183@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, st891054@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Rand) writes:
- |> Well, I don't know of any candidates, but Justice Clarence Thomas, in an
- |> interview with Reason while he was the head of the EOC, said that the
- |> Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged were some of his favorite books.
- |> And, as we all know, Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Fed, was in
- |> Rand's inner circle for years.
- |>
- |> -David Kaufman
- |> ST891054@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
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- Then again, William F Buckley was close to Ayn Rand, but since breaking with
- her has reached a beautiful pinnacle of irrationality with his plan for
- creating a new draft of youths for public service. My point is that there
- are many people who appear to be objective, but the final test is judging
- their actions. For instance, regardless of the bizzarre Thomas/Hill hearings,
- Thomas is not a great example of an Objectivist. He's a devote christian, for
- one.
- I know you weren't suggesting Clarence Thomas was an objectivist; I just wanted
- to comment and clarify.
-