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To: stribe30 who wrote (124541)	9/23/2000 1:25:22 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1570344

Scott - RE: "tho I must admit that probably in the state of Texas, they're proud of that" Not everyone...

To: stribe30 who wrote (124541)	9/23/2000 11:18:45 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570344

Scott, yeah we're proud of the executions, just like you Canucks are proud of clubbing baby seals. There are plenty that oppose the death penalty here, but the ones who like simple solutions so far have carried the vote. So The Shrub may be proud of "Plugging 'em and Planting 'em", and maybe most (if not all) of his supporters are, but they do not represent the totality of the residents of the state.

To: stribe30 who wrote (124541)	9/23/2000 12:12:55 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570344

Scott, as combjelly pointed out in Message 14441804, Texas is actually a weak governor state. My understanding is that Duh is somewhat constrained in what he can do on the matter. If he actually wanted to do anything that is, indications are he's rather proud of the smooth operation of the well-oiled Texas death machine. A background article I found when this subject came up elsewhere: theatlantic.com . Long, and not very pretty. Relatively broad political support for capital punishment is one area where the US is somewhat perversely unique among first world industrial democracies. There are other areas where the US is unique, but I don't want to fan the political flames here too much. Cheers, Dan.