Re: On losing the election

[eevans@moscow.com]

> 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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