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Old October 24th 07, 12:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Recently, Morgans posted:

"Ash Wyllie" wrote

Small parties can drive the big parties by "stealing" votes, so
voting for Nader, a Libertarian or a green is not wasted vote. Not
in the long run.


Unfortunately, that is often exactly what you don't want to see, if
the person that would be the "better of the bad" is who they steal
from, which is how it usually works.

The real problem lies in the bad choices as only options. Considering
where we are today, after 8 years of massive and possibly unrecoverable
screw-ups on many fronts, those who voted outside "the system" are among
the few not culpable. Not that it matters. We really need to wake up.

Neil



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Old October 24th 07, 01:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kevin Clarke
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Neil Gould wrote:

The real problem lies in the bad choices as only options. Considering
where we are today, after 8 years of massive and possibly unrecoverable
screw-ups on many fronts, those who voted outside "the system" are among
the few not culpable. Not that it matters. We really need to wake up.

I'm not sure that they are bad choices per se. These candidates are all
very accomplished people (except maybe Fred Thompson). The problem is
the lack of real leadership. No one wants to say anything definitive for
fear of offending someone. We need real leaders, people who aren't
afraid to say, "this will be unpopular but we have to do this because of
X, Y and Z". Lincoln did it, FDR did it, Johnson did it, Reagan did it.
Paint the picture, and pull people together to solve the problems.
Honest dialog with a mostly intelligent public.

So much of what passes for discourse today is just propaganda spun from
both sides of the spectrum and spoon fed to us in the 24hr news cycle.
It is poisoning the greatest social experiment the world has ever known,
the USofA.

KC
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Old October 24th 07, 02:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Gig 601XL Builder
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Kevin Clarke wrote:
I'm not sure that they are bad choices per se. These candidates are
all very accomplished people (except maybe Fred Thompson).


Fred Thompson not accomplished? I think you ought to compare his resume up
against any of the other cnadidates on either side.

Here are some high points.

He earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science from
Memphis State University in 1964 and his law degree from Vanderbilt
University in 1967, working his way through school.

In 1969, Thompson was named an assistant United States attorney in
Nashville, where he earned the reputation as a tough prosecutor. Three years
later, he would help manage U.S. Senator Howard Baker's re-election
campaign. In 1973, at the age of 30, he was off to Washington, where he
served under the glaring spotlight of the Watergate scandal as minority
counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee.

Thompson would return to Tennessee, where he maintained law offices in
Nashville and Washington. His practice varied from pro bono work to
representing the state of Tennessee and large corporations, such as
Westinghouse.

He served as special counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in
1980 and the Senate Intelligence Committee in 1982.

Thompson ran to fill the remaining two years of an unexpired Senate term. It
was a tough race; his Democrat opponent was a 6 term Congressman. Two years
later, in 1996, the people of Tennessee returned him to office with more
votes than any candidate for any office in the state's history.



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Old October 26th 07, 03:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dan Luke[_2_]
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:

Fred Thompson not accomplished?


http://www.theonion.com/content/opin..._will_have_the


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Old October 26th 07, 04:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Logajan
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"Dan Luke" wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:

Fred Thompson not accomplished?


http://www.theonion.com/content/opin..._will_have_the


Oh. Gee, I didn't know that. Too bad he instantly loses half the vote. ;-)
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Old October 24th 07, 05:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Recently, Kevin Clarke posted:

Neil Gould wrote:

The real problem lies in the bad choices as only options. Considering
where we are today, after 8 years of massive and possibly
unrecoverable screw-ups on many fronts, those who voted outside "the
system" are among the few not culpable. Not that it matters. We
really need to wake up.

I'm not sure that they are bad choices per se. These candidates are
all very accomplished people (except maybe Fred Thompson). The
problem is the lack of real leadership.

How is it not "...bad choices per se" if the candidates for _leader_ of
the U.S. lack the ability to provide real leadership? We really need to
wake up.

Neil


 




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