vision2020
Re: On losing the election
Do the voters really want one party rule? It may be insensitive to say
this, but George Bush had an unprecedented advantage in this mid-term
election that no incumbent has had before and hopefully will never have
again. September 11th. To his credit, he managed to persuade the voters
that only the Republicans really care about the events of that day, and only
the Republicans have the intestinal fortitude to deal with terrorists, and
by God, we'll start with Iraq. Not whining either, although I'm no George
W. fan, just my own amateur political analysis, perhaps somewhat shaded by
my darn liberal bent.
Carl Westberg Jr.
>From: eevans@moscow.com
>To: thansen@moscow.com, eevans@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: On losing the election
>Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:50:59 GMT
>
> > Yes. It is the expressed (at the polls) will of the people.
>Good point. I should have qualified that it is was the will of the voters.
>
> >One neat thing
> > about Democracy is that you don't have to approve of final outcomes
>simply
> > because it is the choice of the people.
> >
> > And, before you go there, I am NOT whining about the Republican outcome.
> As
>I
> > had said in my earlier letter; total control by one party is WRONG. As
>the
> > saying goes, "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
>
>How can you say it is wrong? America WANTS total control by a single party.
>One
>thing I've observed in this forum is that folks are of the opinion that the
>only concrete rules for right and wrong are written by the will of the
>people
>through the government. Do you disagree?
>
>Cheers,
>-Ed Evans
>
> >
> > Never have been a lemming, never will be one,
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow
> >
> > > I'm going to play devil's (erm, or is that Republican's) advocate
>here.
> > >
> > > Did democracy suddenly fail to work in this election? Is the current
> > > government's configuration somehow _not_ the embodiment of the will of
>the
> > > people?
> > >
> > > Not a Republican,
> > > -Ed Evans
> > >
> > > > I have to agree with Tom Hansen on this one. It's like the federal
> > > > government is about to copy the Idaho model. We all know how well
>that's
> > > >
> > worked.
> > > >
>Carl
> > > > Westberg Jr.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: thansen@moscow.com
> > > > >To: njc@moscow.com, Priscilla Salant <psalant@moscow.com>,
> > > > >vision2020@moscow.com
> > > > >Subject: Re: On losing the election
> > > > >Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:13:06 GMT
> > > > >
> > > > >Greetings Visionaires -
> > > > >
> > > > >This is the first time since Eisenhower that something like this
>has
> > > > >happened.
> > > > >And, to tell you the truth, it scares me.
> > > > >
> > > > >A political party has control over all three branches of
>government. The
> > > > >Republicans have a slim majority in the Senate, a sizable majority
>in the
> > > > >House, and a very conservative Supreme Court. This situation gives
>the
> > > > >leader
> > > > >of the Executive Branch (George W.) virtually absolute control of
>the
> > > > >government for the next two years.
> > > > >
> > > > >Being to the left of center, I would still feel this way even if
>the
> > > > >Democrats
> > > > >had such control. I feel that it is simply wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > >Hoping for a brighter tomorrow,
> > > > >
> > > > >Tom Hansen
> > > > >Moscow
> > > > >
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