Re: Corruption in a Democracy

[Doug]

John D. Giorgis wrote:

> At 03:13 PM 1/15/02 -0800 Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> 
>>Democracies wherein elections occur with only 1 viable candidate are not
>>elections.
>>
> 
> Noone appears to have dealt with this question yet.....
> 
> ....but was the US Presidential election in 1996 really an election?
> Only, I guess, for sufficiently large definitions of viable to include "Bob
> Dole."
> 
> More seriously, though, that's a pretty strong statement to have relying
> upon such a subjective quality as "viability."



Sorry, but I'd take Dole over what we've got now in a heartbeat. 
Hell, I'd take Dukakas or Mondale for that matter.  I'm not even 
sure that Quail wouldn't be an improvement.

(You opened this can o worms)


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Doug

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