[at-l] Case closed

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Felix,

We were talking about "people" voting, you don't count...
;-)

Gimp

In a message dated 11/12/2002 2:22:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
AThiker@smithville.net writes:

> (Sorry to have not trimmed this down some. But...)
>
> So...what if I had voted for Cheney? What if I wanted Cheney to let
> snowmobiles
> in the parks? Would my vote have made his vote more powerful? Or, is the
> simple
> fact that he isn't doing what you want him to do your soapbox for
> complaining
> because I didn't vote for someone you wanted me to vote for? It seems to me
> that
> there were citizens who voted for Cheney and, ergo, the masses must be
> happy
> about the result. Thus is democracy. So, you see...maybe voting doesn't
> matter.
>
> Picking up the daily newspaper is exactly why I don't vote. When a fraze
> like
> 'party lines' is used...because elected officials vote based on party
> lines, and
> not what they feel is best or what is best, I choose to not vote. When a
> man can
> get fewer votes than his opponent and still be elected president (electoral
> college), I choose to not vote.
>
>
>
> --
> Felix J. McGillicuddy
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
>