Unfortunately most voters in the states get their primary information about elections from TV (or so I've heard), which is an insufficient medium for political discourse in the first place... and then when you start asking questions of the candidates like "have you ever used drugs in your misbegotten youth", the whole thing snowballs downhill. On paper (I'm not sure about the internet -- maybe -- maybe not) you can get reasonable points across to anyone who actually reads the whole thing (this is why I'm not so sure about the internet, because I have this feeling that most people only skim the first few paragraphs of any given news article on screen, not to mention that articles intended for the web specifically tend to be of significantly shorter length -- not that paper news articles shouldn't be longer either), but TV just has this "short attention-span theater" syndrome where the audience really only gets little sound-bytes removed from context. People on this list may be exceptions in some way, but the medium is really insufficient anyway, so... I dunno... I have very mixed emotions about politics and the media...
> I think it's relevant, its just not the *only* thing > that's relevant. > Dana >> >> > People have a past, lets keep it there. >> >> Or acknowledge that the past is just that and allow >> people to change. :) >> >> Incidentally I don't think it's a relevant question >> either. >> >> s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 >> >> new epoch http://www.turnkey.to >> >> lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to >> >> tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi >> >> team macromedia volunteer >> http://www.macromedia.com/go/team >> >> certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer >> http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
