"what was the voter turnout Certainly a great deal higher than the percentage that post to this board. A much more scientific study of what the people of AP want. ...I have a different mind-set about elections. I've never done in my life is claim that the result isn't what the people wanted. That seems un-American to me. I won't argue your point about the voters in AP being duped I just note that it is disrespectful to them. I am simply opining about the consequences of what you say, intended or not."
Poor Tommy reduced to splitting hairs. Comes with the territory, living in the freest land in the world, the most democratic of democracies, that when the populace simply gives up and refuses to play the shell game of American electoral process, the managers of that system give up on fixing what's broken and compare its results to some cockamamie poll on the internet; Karl Rove is proud of you. Seems that in Tommy's world the wants of the people are divined through a system of survival of the fittest, i.e. those that survive the machinations of the spin doctors who somehow know what they in fact want. If this sounds a bit like "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" you win the prize; Tommy's still struggling with belief. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom, what was the voter turnout in %? > > Certainly a great deal higher than the percentage that post to this > board. A much more scientific study of what the people of AP want. > > I know I have a different mind-set about elections. One thing I've > never done in my life is claim that the result isn't what the people > wanted. That seems un-American to me. > > Even in elections where I greatly disliked the outcome, I didn't do > that. I was terribly disappointed about the election of Bill Clinton, > but conceded the moment it happened that it was what the voters wanted. > > In the 1960 election there was every reason for the Republicans to > claim voter fraud in Illanois, the election was stolen, Kennedey was > selected not elected, etc., but no one of my mind-set did. No one > with my mind-set would every do such damage to America or disrespect > its people that way. > > Compare the other mindset. Gore and Kerry are still giving speeches > that they were truly elected. Disprespectful to the American voter. > > I won't argue your point about the voters in AP being duped, or scared > or whatever. I just note that it is disrespectful to them. I don't > allege you intend that in any way; I am simply opining about the > consequences of what you say, intended or not. > > I concede you see it differently and are of another mind-set. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
