Charles was heard muttering to Paul Nixon 
 about Letter to Harry Browne 
 PN> Ah, but the trouble is not what's easiest...what is rightest.
 CF> 
 CF> Yeah, that basically sums it up.  But it seems to be a forgotten
 CF> concept nowadays in the current "your choice of lying scum" political
 CF> environment.
 
 I believe, while recognizing the possibility of being wrong, that it's
 less a forgotten concept than recognition of reality.
 JP> If Dole continues to aggravate me between now and November 5th, I may
 JP> just walk into the polling booth and flip a coin.
 JP> But right now, I still plan to hold my nose and vote for Dole.
 [Note: not my quote, although I don't necessarily disagree.]
 CF>
 CF> And that is why things continue to get worse and the American
 CF> citizen continues to get the short stick.  It is an incredible
 CF> statement of the way the country is currently messed up when a
 CF> majority of the voters are voting for someone they may disagree with,
 CF> but because they think that person will be less harmful than another.
 Again, we're back to the concept of "reality."
 One of the factors that makes voting for Dole vs. voting for somebody
 else is the degree to which most of us hereabouts are aware and
 concerned.  I suggest the majority of the populace is not such.
 PN> Still dunno, I think.
 CF> 
 CF> Let's face it.  People who are going to vote for Dole "anyway" this
 CF> November don't want to change anything.  It is almost like the way
 CF> an abused person will keep returning to their abuser, until they end
 CF> up dead or a third party (pun intended) intervenes.
 CF> 
 CF> You either want to do something and are going to have the courage
 CF> and conviction to make a stand, or you just wanna get in a few more
 CF> reps on your jaw exercises while the chains grow ever heavier and the
 CF> noose grows ever tighter.
 Still dunno, I think.  Although at this time it's highly unlikely I'll
 be voting for anybody other than Browne I will be keeping my options
 open.
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