Harsh? Who me? Perish the thought! ;)
Who knows, the next election is 21 months, if the Republicans can get their act together and Bill backs the right horse, Rick might get his old job back and flush the suit down the toilet. I'm not sure if he could deal with the states by fiat, but I'm sure he'd be willing to try.
I read today somewhere that Microsoft is assembling a campaign fund to defeat Al Gore in 2000. I guess they'll call it GoreD PAC (Gore Defeat Political Action Committee -- not a bad acronym, eh?). ;)
Anyway, I am sure Gore and Gephardt (who isn't running for #1, but would probably make a great VP candidate to energize that Big Labor Demo base) are quaking in their boots at the thought of having to rouse the populace against Big Software. ;)
Speaking of states and localities, there's the situation faced locally here in L.A. by James R. "Impeachment" Rogan. Jim is the kind of guy who likes to play the margins -- as in the 3,000 vote margin that he barely squeaked by with in the last election. With the Wall Street Journal having revealed that it's payback time for the Clinton Administration and all, you will be pleased to know that planted articles and editorials excoriating him have already started appearing in the local rag. (No, not the L.A. Times, I mean the REALLY local rag.)
Now, Jim is not much of a libertarian. Rumor has it he used to be (gag!) a Democrat. But, I'm sure that a few grand from up North will make him see the light. ;) |
