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I just see it as blowing off a little
steam among friends. It's not like there are too many repubs on here that
will be offended. I don't take those statements too seriously, nor do I
disapprove of them. A little hyperbole gets the blood going once in a
while.
I say spew.
"Those poor
kids. So young. So nauseous."
--Krusty the Klown Telethon
for Motion Sickness
Speaking
of spouting rhetoric, these references to shooting politicians, or
to
them being "corpse-fuckers" are "cute", as in
"childish". I'm not
necessarily sold on the agendas of
either the Republican or Democratic
parties, so this kind of hyperbole
really casts a shadow of dismissability
over anything else you
say. It's fine if you're preaching to the choir and
you want a few
laughs, but you didn't win me over.
>From: Audie McCall <audiemccall@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To:
rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>To:
rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>Subject:
Re: RAT Fwd: ZNet Update / Arrestees in Philly, Action Urgently
>Needed
>Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:12:53 -0700
(PDT)
>
>
>I won't get into the inherent unfunniness of
joking
>about putting a bullet in Buchannan's head,
especially
>since he's the least significant factor in the
race
>and siphons votes only from Bush.
>
>But I will
stand up and say there are many good
>reasons for voting for Ralph
Nader beyond hoping to
>put him in the Oval Office, though that's good
enough
>for me.
>
>1) If Nader takes 5% (I think
that's the right
>figure) of the vote in November, then the Green
Party
>gets matching funds in 2004, a strong step
towards
>making it a viable third party.
>
>2) In a
recent poll tracking the final four, Bush,
>Gore, Nader and
Buchannan. Bush took something like
>48%, Gore 42%, Nader 7%,
and Buchannan 3%. Then
>another poll was run with just the two
front runners.
>It wound up being something like Bush 55% and
Gore
>45%. In other words, without the alternatives,
Bush's
>lead SPREAD! So don't believe the hype about
throwing
>your vote away.
>
>3) Gore is as bought
and sold by Corporate America as
>Bush, perhaps more so. Who's
administration pushed
>through NAFTA and Free Trade for China?
It's
>corporate power that you should really fear, not a
few
>Right Wing wackos.
>
>4) Nader's policies make
SENSE. They are clear,
>congent, incisive. Read up on
them. And you will
>WANT to finally stand up and be counted FOR
something
>for a change, instead of against.
>
>Go
NADER!
>
>
> > Daylight Time,
> > catieaph@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > << what can we do with the two alternatives
(running
> > for president) at this
> > point?
I'm asking so that I may know. >>
> >
> > well, one,
put a bullet in pat buchannan's head and,
> > two, if you
absolutly
> > can't vote for gore, you should vote for
nader.
> > but, nadar can't win and
> > bush can. so
every vote for gore counts. no, he's
> > not the greatest,
but he
> > beats the shit out of another republikan
amerika.
>
>
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