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#18768 02/13/01 09:28 PM
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It seems to me that we get rid of our politicians not by epuration, but by suppuration from the body politic.wwh

And while it is a more scholarly term than "ethnic cleansing" its implementation has been equally criminal.

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Ick--but sometimes true. Would you please explain a bit further what you mean by criminal? Do you mean we've gotten rid of politicians by criminal methods?


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Do you mean we've gotten rid of politicians by criminal methods?

Maybe ... but you certainly selected your current Prez through the courts, and it looks like Mrs Clinton's little boy Willie isn't exactly out of the woods yet, either.



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I meant that Tito's genocide and Milosevic's are both criminal, though one was called epuration and the other ethnic cleansing.


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you certainly selected your current Prez through the courts

Far be it from me to do so, but I simply must disagree with this assertion. I don't want to bring up the recent election anymore than you do, but I really must clear this up.

I realize that the popular belief is that the US Supreme Court chose Bush as president, but this is simply not true. I'll agree with anyone that they stopped the recounts, because that is true, but it was neccessary and proper. The means by which Florida was counting their votes was entirely subjective and very controversial. They had no state-wide standard whatsoever regarding what was a vote and what was not. Therefore, each district was counting the votes differently, which is obviously unfair. And how in the world can a ballot with a slightly bulged, but not at all punched through, chad be considered a vote? In Ohio, we have specific standards. A chad can be counted if it's hanging on by one corner, but not two or three.

Secondly, the fact that they were only recounting certain counties was a statistician's nightmare. There is a certain known percent of votes that are obviously not going to be counted for a certain reason. When they're counted by a computer state-wide, these statistics remain even and everything is fair. But when you start counting votes only in certain counties, here heavily Democratic counties, you're invariably going to come up with more votes for the Democratic candidate because more votes over all in that county were cast for that person. They may have been trying to get the true intent of the American people, but only in a few counties. Had the votes been subjectively counted in Republican counties I'm sure more new votes for Bush would have been found.

So, in conclusion, it was perfectly sensibly and logical for the Supreme Court to stop the subjective counting of votes in Florida.

And so far, Bush's presidency is going very well. He's delegating power like a true business leader. Dick Cheney is going to have more say in things than any other VP before and he's not afraid to make assertive, long-term decisions because he has no intention of running for president. The current administration is comfortable and moving smoothly.

And this concludes the AWAD Political Week in Review.


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Any Democrats on the board?



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Dear Jazz,
As a foreigner, I refrain from commenting on the qualities of either candidate. But from a purely statistical point of view, Bush was neither elected by the courts nor by the people, but by accident.


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Any Democrats on the board?
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Don't know about that but here's one very independent Independent who has voted in every primary but one (we were overseas and that's not allowed) and voted in every Presidential and every off-year election since the Eisenhower election!
So I have earned the right to compliments AND complaints.
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Question: Did Al Gore get epurated?


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DEMOCRAT, LIBERAL, OLD-STYLE

Yes, I am not only the above, but getting fed up with Teddy Kennedy because he's grown too conservative these last few years. I may be one of the last old-style liberal Democrats, but, as Popeye used to say, I yam what I yam AND PROUD OF IT!!!!

Jazz -- all I have to say to you is, if you believe all that guff you gave out with, I have a bridge you might be interested in buying.


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