it was one of the healthiest things I have ever seen. On 11/13/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/13/06, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah and if it hadn't been so late at night I would have spelled it > > right as well ;) > > > > The practice of politics is always a balancing game to please as many > > people as possible at a given point in time. > > > > I dunno. The majority of the country is moderate or centrist. So why do so > many politicians pay us mere lip service, while catering more to their base, > which tends to lean farther right or left? > > The answer can be found in voting demographics. Far right's and far left's > may represent only 40% of the country...but 90+% of them vote. > > Rally your base, win the election. Generally, they can take for granted a > certain percentage of the independents who vote. What they sometimes > overlook though is the potential for the independents to rally should things > get too far one way or the other. Just ask Rove and the Republican senators > and representatives who are suddenly without a job. > > -- > When I was young I wondered what could ever drive a man to want to > kill....and it scares the shit right out of me to know that I don't have to > wonder still. > > >
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