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To: Dale Baker who wrote (4507)	1/7/2004 2:04:10 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7834

So what is the answer? You need the candidate with the most charisma- then, whether your policies or good or not, you win. The Bush Gore election was a contest between two candidates with no charisma, and neither man was a good choice. The democrats will win as soon as they have someone more appealing than Bush. I am convinced the general public isn't interested in issues, they are only interested in very superficial bumper sticker slogans, that they mistake for issues. Clinton and Blair got elected twice because they appealed to the Bubbas in their respective countries, and there are a lot of Bubbas. I hope Bubba isn't offensive to anyone. I couldn't think of another word that really summed up the uneducated, ignorant sort of person I have in mind.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (4507)	1/7/2004 2:11:03 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 7834

Well, it is fairly easy, but complex, 4-5-6 basic components. - first, no two-party, single seat, winner-takes-all districts, or at least not just them (when population above something like first 20 millions, then 200 millions, and what China is working at, closer to 2 billions) - second, no funny stuff about "un-biased" media, media should be biased, openly and transparently - you get what you pay for, when watching free media, with 3 minutes of free advertisements every 7th minute. However, to get started from a US two-party-background (that is, the funniest of the few two-party systems around) one first have to understand that system, why and how it is designed.