--- Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We CAN...it's just that they don't get nominated. I > might've thought very long and hard about who to > actually vote for in the last election if McCain had > won the nomination. Hindsight being 20/20, I > probably > would have gone for him instead of Gore. > > There are plenty of people that would make excellent > presidents. However we have to rely on the Democrats > & > Republicans to actually NOMINATE them before we can > vote for them... > > Damon
I note, in my occasional gesture at systemic reform, that the legendary "smoke-filled rooms" got us Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Among others. The primary system got us...well, everyone since LBJ. Does this seem like an improvement to anyone? I give you Reagan as a success - it's unlikely that a non-primary system would have selected him. But other than that? This may, actually, explain the generally greater success of Republican Presidential candidates. They are nominated by a more elite-driven electorate than their Democratic counterparts, so they tend to be more like the "smoke-filled rooms" than their opposite numbers. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
