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To: nihil who wrote (23162)	7/8/2000 9:58:21 AM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 769670

It's still not too late! What a great idea!!!! THE FREEDOM PARTY...

To: nihil who wrote (23162)	7/8/2000 10:08:41 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Well, Perot has gotten nowhere, and Gates was not on the ball. Many millionaires support leftist causes, in any case. I know Cora Weiss, who is a principal benefactor of The Nation and the Institute for Policy Studies, personally. She and her husband are the only people I ever heard deplore the fall of the Berlin Wall..........

To: nihil who wrote (23162)	7/8/2000 10:17:31 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I wanted to make an additional point. Only if Gates were willing to liquidate all his holdings would he truly have billions available to tamper with the political system. Most wealth is hypothetical, in the sense that it represents the valuation of paper assets at any given time. The actual wealth is dispersed throughout the country in the form of factories, offices, shops, and inventories. It is unlikely that Gates would even be willing to liquidate his personal assets, such as his house, to raise the requisite cash. Perot balked past a point, at laying out more money. Finally, I think you underestimate the repulsion most people feel for a plutocrat trying to buy an election. If he tried, very likely he would lose..........