MS>     The whole convention coverage is stage-managed 
 MS> and suppresses any image the Clintons don't want, 
 MS> particularly any hint of disorders near the 
 MS> convention.
 
Well, I was otherwise occupied most of the time, but I'm sure that was the 
case. Of course, protests during the Rep. convention were given some 
overage.
 
 MS>     Did your network TV news tell you that hundreds 
 MS> of pro-drug legalization protesters tied up 
 MS> downtown traffic for an hour this weekend with 
 MS> blockades?
 
I gave up network news for Lent - 1986. When I hear it at all it is 
unintentional but enough to convince me that _they_ and the big news papers 
and magazines are "the mysterious forces" deciding who should be elected or 
defeated.
 
I think they manipulated things so that Dole, rather than a strong 
alternative, would face Clinton, assuring his return to the oval office, back 
during the primaries. Worse, I think it will work since Dole is such a poor 
candidate that people are voting for fourth, fifth, and sixth party 
candidates because they figure all they can do is "send a message."
 
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