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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 12:27  PM, brunkb AT ils.unc.edu wrote:

> I laugh every time I see the crop of democratic candidates who can do  
> nothing but bash Bush, but have no solutions of their own except their  
> usual tax & spend model.  I've never seen a bigger group of people in  
> such high positions so cosmically clueless.  John Edwards.  
> Hahahahhahahahhahahahhhahah!

Good point!  The reason is candidates of any party can't say anything  
about policy is no one ever got elected by saying what really needs to  
be changed. The experienced politicians know how to mobilize whomever  
would be adversely affected by any suggested changes and generate huge  
amounts of bad press. The experienced politician knows the best thing  
to do is suggest vague positions like "I'm for a strong defense", or  
"I'm for a strong economy" to give the opposition as small a target as  
possible.

The sad part is I don't see how anyone can blame them, since candidates  
that don't follow this formula don't get elected since the most people  
don't get involved in issues but rather follow simple, easy to remember  
principles like:

1. smaller government
2. strong defense
3. tough on crime
4. lower taxes

That's why we can have a situation where the majority party in congress  
ran on a platform of smaller government, but yet has increased  
government spending by 14% creating the largest deficit in history.

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        -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC