OFF: Re: Foot & Mouth

[Ted Jackson]

On 22 Mar 2001, at 15:51, Paul Mather wrote:

> Don't forget the morass of dodgy campaign contributions, either!  I'm
> pretty much convinced after the last US election that US politics
> isn't about winning per se, but about making sure the other guy loses.

That's true, but the smart PACs actually give money to BOTH
candidates so as to cover all bets.  The game is rigged from the git-
go...

>  I don't recall seeing a single campaign ad that told me what a
> candidate was for; they just spent all the time saying what a crummy
> lot the other guy is,

I'd disagree but only a bit.  Gore actually did make some policy
statements, but Bush said absolutely nothing concrete--no details,
just the most broad, nebulous concepts...[and bad ones at that!]


theo

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