Having been inside the sausage factory, I can report that our democracy is not at risk because of the little tricks that political operatives of all stripes play during election season. Just consider the machine politics of Tammany Hall in New York in the latter half of the 19th century. That was as corrupt a political machine as any in our history and we all survived it just fine.
But I also hear you about trusting the BBC without proof. I'd like to see this story reported as hard news by another media outlet before I give it any creedence. > And no one learns from the last few incidents where > reporters/papers/whatever have put forward information that was not > true or not 100% true. I'll believe it when I see proof, not just a > BBC (who are well known for their bias in things) report. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
