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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Borzou Daragahi who wrote (8095)	10/9/1998 2:30:00 PM
From: dd	Respond to of 13994

This morning when checking out in the supermarket, I saw a new STAR magazine in the newsrack. The big headline read "Clinton Alzheimer's Shocker". They had a small picture of him and this quote by the picture, "Lots of times I can't remember last week". What a boy. I laughed all the way out to my car. dd

To: Borzou Daragahi who wrote (8095)	10/9/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 13994

Borzou, I like the idea of "free" air time for political candidates. Let's face it the slick political "ads" are generated to demagogue and appeal to "lowest common denominator". We have public access stations, and it seems to me that we could even set up an all political "ad" station for a limited amount of time and give each candidate equal amounts of "free" time to address issues. I don't agree with "more aggressive" voter registration. It is extremely easy and simple to register to vote and no civic minded person has any excuse for not being, other than complacency. "More aggressive" could possibly open the door for more voter fraud, something we certainly don't need. Ultimately if we really want to get graft out of politics we could take a first step by either eliminating the current tax code. I've concluded that the myriad of tax laws are generated for no other real reason than to shake down constituents thru the various lobbies. bp

To: Borzou Daragahi who wrote (8095)	10/9/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: Rick Slemmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

Borzou: All your suggestions have merit; getting the big money out would be the toughest to implement, as long as laws can be made to favor one industry or another. Free time on the air is subject to the same garbage we see on both sides in the form of negative ads. Candidate A spreads lies about Candidate B, and Candidate B spends half his allotment explaining or denying the rumors. Open debates are slightly better but tend to favor more telegenic candidates, regardless of ideas or talents. I also like the idea of not announcing ANY results until polls from Maine to Hawaii are closed. Apathy spreads westward, and word from the East influences voters in later time zones. Nobody wants to admit they voted for the loser, so they just stay home. I was dismayed when Dole got the GOP nomination; I didn't think he could beat Clinton just on grounds of charisma. His debate here in San Diego was a fiasco in terms of timing and clarity, and he was widely perceived as being too old and stodgy. I thought Steve Forbes had the best message (at least domestically), but all in all the GOP produced a shortlist of candidates who just didn't catch the public's fancy. And the Libertarians still have the patina of the radical fringe, thanks to the negative publicity of rural militia groups. They have no chance until they take at least a dozen Congressional seats. I'm just not going to cast a vote for either candidate. It may be politically irresponsible, but I'll feel better about myself the next morning. And in the end, that's what's really counts, right? I suppose. But if I did nothing, I'd feel as if I'd endorsed the worse of the two by refusing to take a stand. And then I couldn't sleep. <g>. RS