-=> Quoting Matt Smith to Steve Gunhouse on 10 Aug 96  19:37 <=-
 Re: Buchanan 
 SG>  MS> A real possibility, in view of the Republican Party's elites
 SG>  MS> screwing Pat on the speech. 
 SG> Well, they were all saying yesterday that with the current platform
 SG> Pat believes he can support the Dole candidacy. So much for the
 SG> U.S.T.P. Though in reality, what does a platform matter?
 MS> Evidently nothing, if Dole can choose a veep nominee who slams the
 MS> whole Republican platform! 
Huh? Jack Kemp doesn't slam the *whole* platform. Several major parts, 
perhaps, but he certainly backs at least the tax cut.
Then again, with Dole not really endorsing much of the platform in my 
view, Kemp's support or lack thereof wouldn't seem to matter that much.
 SG> platform doesn't say what Dole stands for, but what the delegates 
 SG> stand for. Unless he endorses it, it means nothing. 
 MS> If Dole won't explicitly endorse it and require Kemp to also, we
 MS> should put all our effort into electing a Republican congress and
 MS> abandon Dole. 
Hey, I did that some time ago. I'm endorsing Browne, but he is secondary 
to a good Congress. I won't say Republican Congress as such, there are 
still a few good Democrats and/or independents. As long as principles
matter more to them than parties, someone from any party could do.
Steve
... Important principles may and must be inflexible. - Abraham Lincoln
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