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Skriven 2004-10-22 16:08:09 av Howie Coombe
     Kommentar till en text av John Hull
Ärende: CHRIS_SOC: IF I WERE AMERICAN I WO
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dEAR jOHN, I WILL REPLY.

 > 20 Oct 04 01:19, Howie Coombe wrote to John Hull:
 > 
 >HC> No Comment?, OK.
 > 
 >>>>> What are your preferences?
 > 
 >>> HC> See above.
 > 
 > In the first place, that 'quiz' was bogus.  It reflected only the 
 > bias of the person who created it.  Secondly, none of those on the 
 > list, except for Nader, are even on the political radar, assuming 
 > they are still running.  They are non-entities.
 > 
 > 
 >>>  Apparently you didn't understand what i told you about 3rd party    
 >>>         
 >>> > candidates.
 > 
 > 
 >HC> <Yawn>, ok so other then your country runs on the "first past the 
 >HC> post" rule, educate me.
 > 
 >>> The reason they are largely irrelevant is that they can't possibly 
 >>> get  elected.
 > 
 > 
 >HC> And does the attention always have to be on the likely winners?.
 > 
 > Why would you waste valuable time on losers?  Once in a blue moon, 
 > one of those 3rd party types will float up to the level of 
 > recognition of the general voting public and create a stir.  Lyndon 
 > LaRouche was one such, Nader is another.  Perot had some good ideas, 
 > but ultimately proved to be a major flake.  That is the typical 
 > circumstance with 3rd parties.
 > 
 >>> The Libertarian Party is arguably the most successful 3rd party in 
 >>> our history,
 > 
 > 
 >HC> Yes i know this, although i also know that Ross Perot and his 
 >HC> Reform party are the most famous American 3rd party, at least in 
 >HC> this neck of the woods.
 > 
 > Perot, as I said, had some good ideas (or at least articulated some 
 > of the problems better than most), but he was a nut job, and once he 
 > was under the bright lights of national scrutiny that became crystal 
 > clear to everybody.
 > 
 > 
 >>> and I don't think they've ever won a national level seat.
 >HC>   You dont think?, anyway i will reply to the rest of this at 
 >HC> another time.

 >  The Libertarians may have won a couple of seats at the state level, but    
> I'm sure they've never won a national level seat. Problem is, they have so  
> few people actually running overall, that they seldom get any press which   
> makes it hard to keep track of them. John America: First, Last, and Always! 
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