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BI-partisan bickering reaches new heights in the US?
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:49:40 GMT
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So now both sides are escalating the "crisis" of the election. Both sides
are alleging voter fraud, alleging the process isn't fair, alleging that
their party didn't get a fair shake in some districts, threatening that if
the other side contests one rigging, they are going to contest others that
were rigged the other way, etc. etc, ad nauseum.
I love it.
Gridlock here we come, and this may be the best gridlock we've seen yet. We
should be safe from any major foolishness no matter which clown comes out on
top, which is a big relief.
My only question to both sides would be, in all this hue and cry about
disenfranchisement of democrats by republican machine counties and vice
versa, why is neither side pointing out that *all* other parties have been
unfairly discriminated against in myriad ways ever since the last major
party arose in the 1850s?
It's a rhetorical question, because the answer is obvious.
Both parties like things the way they are, with only one serious opponent to
worry about, bland cotton candy issues with little real difference as the
major turning points of campaigns, and an environment where personalities,
snipes, potshots, soundbites and media spin are more important than critical
thought or discussion about substantive issues.
But then, look at who they cater to. People who don't *have* long attention
spans and who can't think or write or speak clearly (and who therefore
prefer sniping to thinking), People who think everyone is basically bad,
even themselves, and who want to "get theirs" before they get caught out.
You get what you measure for. The major parties in the US have fostered the
dumbness and moral decay.
++Lar
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