Folks, this post and thread are not Minneapolis-specific. Let's not keep this one going.
David Brauer List manager on 9/25/02 2:19 PM, Terrell Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Dorn > > I think it should be perfectly clear that if Norm Coleman is elected to > the senate, he will vote for whomever Bush/Cheney tells him to. The > views of ordinary "nobody" Minnesotans like you and I have absolutely > nothing to do with it. > > > [TB] I suppose one of the options to having one of the dozen or so > Senators who will follow the administrations instructions, is having a > Senator who will consistently vote with the dozen of so Senators on the > far left of any issue. Both groups are far to marginalized to have > much effectiveness. > > Living is this state since 1980 and for most of the time that I've been > following politics and elections, this is the most offensive campaigns > I've watched. Offensive by both the Wellstone and Coleman campaigns > and their supporters. > > I say "and their supporters" because you have to look rather closely to > see who is actually running the ad. I guess that's how you keep a > straight face when you say you aren't running negative ads, someone > else does it on your behalf. This campaign is such that even if one > were inclined to vote for one over the other, they might change their > mind. > > Web surfing, I found the web site of a guy by the name of Jim Moore > http://www.mooreforsenate.com > Moore on his issues page talks about campaigns, he says: "Independent > issue ads should be banned. If the courts overturn this provision in > the recently passed McCain Feingold legislation, I would advocate > aggressive regulation of these ads. Groups should be required to run > ads evenly between election and non election periods. If their ads are > truly an effort to change public policy, they should be willing to do > so." > > He says it even better on his opening page, he says; "Moneyed special > interests have stolen our voice, I want to steal it back" > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
