[Winona Online Democracy]
Anthony,
You make a good point also. The one thing I've been proud of (our country)
during this election fiasco is how civilly it's been handled. The lawyers
and candidates have gotten a little nasty, but the citizens have all gone on
as usual. Not one blow, not one gun fired, not one coup. We all know that
there will be a new president on January 20, with a peaceful transition of
power, and our democracy, such as it is, will continue...
Cherisa Templeton
>From: "Anthony Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Winona] Re: Election Commentary
>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 01:57:50
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>GOOD POINT, but...
>
>Do you know of any other nation with over 200 MILLION people that has cast
>an ellection that was THIS CLOSE and not let it come to physical blows?
>Only nation that I can think of would be India, but they seem to let
>everything come to blows over the head.
>
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>[Winona Online Democracy]
>
>John Nichols from The Capital Times newspaper was on WPR this A.M. He was
>recently in South Africa and had interviewed a man who worked for Nelson
>Mendela- the man (I can't remember his name)gave a perspective on our
>recent
>election that was almost verbatim the "what if this election was held in a
>third world country" article that Dwayne (I think it was Dwayne)Voegli
>recently sent in. We were all wondering if that article had truly been in
>an African newspaper. I suspect that this John Nichols is the source of
>the
>article. The Africans have taken great delight evidently in our recent
>election- especially since the US has been "preciding" over their elections
>for years to make sure they are done correctly and truly democratically.
>Hmmmm, maybe we shouldn't be shoving that "expert" opinion down their noses
>next time eh?
>
>Cherisa Templeton
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