On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:05:41 -0700 (PDT), Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why can't we find better people to run the country? > > 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...
So what if there was a "none of the above" checkbox on the presidential ballots? I've heard this rejected as "fundamentally non-serious", but it seems to me that it'd possibly be a way to send a message to the parties to provide better candidates. -bryon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
