----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:14 PM Subject: Re: Corruption in a Democracy
> > > 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) > > How about Art Bell? xponent Wierdo Maru rob
