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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (506)	11/30/2000 1:29:07 AM
From: Lost1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

from the editor of the Austin Chronicle "....I'm sick to death of partisans on all sides of the current election controversy constructing an absolute moral argument that just coincidentally favors their candidate. I don't think we're living in a time of easy answers or easy decisions for anyone. I support Gore, but I think he should concede. No American president should earn the job on the backs of lawyers, no matter how legally right they may be. And I'm not sure Gore is going to win, even if the recounts are certified. If this is about leadership and our country, Gore should concede now. On the other hand, I think conceptually that a drawn-out election is fine. I haven't heard so much concentrated political talk, every day, everywhere, since the Sixties. It is the topic of almost every conversation. The pundits rant and rave that we are in crisis, but the public is intoxicated by our own political maturity; we understand that what is going on is part of an orderly process. The foreign press makes fun of our current dilemma, but they all miss the point. This isn't a crisis; this is a robust burp. In the end, a president will be chosen, his opponent will concede, and the winner will go on to govern with the respect of the American people. The election will not be seen as a turning point but simply a historical curiosity. Okay, at the midterm election, the electorate will probably deal the victor's party crippling losses in Congress, severely limiting his ability to shepherd legislation -- but maybe not. Then, two years later, it will be time to vote again in a new presidential election, in which we can cast a vote that we know counts. (Except, of course, for those convinced the system is rotten, completely corrupted by corporate interests.) The country will go on. Despite all the factionalism, the people are committed to this democratic vision. This holiday, few will be arming themselves for the consequences of the Florida decision as they might if they lived in other countries (of course, some are arming themselves, because they are always arming themselves). Instead, they'll be sitting around, eating, drinking, and arguing. Norman Rockwell in Frank Kozik colors -- it's going to be an American Thanksgiving. "