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| | | Subject: 49Xth Conversation at Lil's
Posted Apr 29, 2002 by ox
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  | | I vote Independent; always hard to find anyone on the ticket that is a good candidate. Gore hasn't much of a spine, and I'm sorry, but I just don't see much in his brain, either. Bush's pockets are deeper and is part of a world wide good ol' boy network. I like most of his cabinet. Environmental legislation is one of my main concerns but neither party really gives a hoot. I subscribe to several sites that keep me up with such legislation:text of bills and congressional web pages, e-mails that alert me of voting in the House and Senate. Politics are easy to discuss and moan about, but there are a lot of e-mails, letters, faxes sent and phone calls made instead. Yes, I'm ranting.
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| | | Subject: 49Xth Conversation at Lil's
Posted Apr 29, 2002 by Asteroid Lil -- Community Editor, Community Artist
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I think that's an interesting little quiz, BB...
ox, unsurprisingly I agree/disagree with you. Yes, good old boys are now in control. They always have been, though.
The paradox is that only a consummate politician can thrive and get things done in the pirhana tank which is Washington DC, so if you really hope for change you have to let a politician do it. And it is impossible to do so without making compromises and routinely shaking hands with an unending stream of fifty-cent devils. And compromise inevitably alienates some group or other who were hoping that the incumbent was going to unconditionally protect ~their~ interests.
The search for consensus is too often interpreted as selling out, for that reason. I'm historically an idealist, but that's why I would make a lousy politician.
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