That's my point.

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That's my point.

Lee — 3/12/2008 10:45:26 PM (archived)

What attracts votes should be ideas and action, not pandering to group identity and creatibg wedges. Politicians playing groups off against one another is the main reason they get away with so much.

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quote from a texbook - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/9/2008 9:04:10 AM
- Time Travel Cat - TB - 3/12/2008 2:45:17 AM
  - always looking for a door into summer - podrock - 3/12/2008 4:37:12 AM
    - A Heinlein timeline? (n/t) - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 4:47:55 PM
- Okay, Future Man...how do we pronounce your name? - Jody - 3/11/2008 5:30:37 PM
- re: quote from a texbook - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/9/2008 9:07:54 AM
  - On having moved this thread: the Many Zones interpretation - Fox - 3/10/2008 12:16:59 AM
    - On the massive effort involved in time travel - Robert - 3/10/2008 4:39:22 PM
      - re: On the massive effort involved in time travel - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/12/2008 5:50:05 AM
    - interpretation and translation - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/10/2008 3:07:33 AM
      - Send me an email - Fox - 3/10/2008 4:50:20 PM
        
        I am sure I will have already sent it... (n/t) - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/10/2008 6:34:51 PM
      - re: interpretation and translation - Sdai ØªÙ‚Ù†ÙŠÙ‡ - - 3/10/2008 6:59:17 AM
        
        Poli Sci Fi - McFly - 3/10/2008 4:05:19 PM
        
        Laugh it up... - TB - 3/10/2008 5:13:25 PM
        
        "Itâ€™s true that her record in office has been one of failure....." - Tony - 3/10/2008 6:20:20 PM
        
        Bears repeating... - McFly - 3/11/2008 1:03:42 AM
        
        If she got elected, a Democratic Congress will take her apart limb by limb! - Eri - 3/10/2008 10:30:38 PM
        
        Yeah, yeah - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/10/2008 7:41:19 PM
        
        So this is what our politics has devolved into? - Lee - 3/11/2008 11:12:58 PM
        
        Actually, I just like Condi. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/12/2008 10:59:52 PM
        
        "so that the brighter folks could keep the lowest common denominator from dominating." - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 11:08:03 PM
        
        So you're unhappy with the Republic? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2008 12:28:03 AM
        
        Huh? - ARRELL - 3/13/2008 2:07:20 AM
        
        Sorry, I misread your intent. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2008 2:30:25 AM
        
        *Nobody* wonders why you think homogeneous societies are better. - Mary Anne - 3/12/2008 11:50:09 AM
        
        We've been picking out leaders because they were white and male for a long time. - alcaray - 3/12/2008 2:27:26 AM
        
        I'm not saying that. - Lee - 3/12/2008 3:32:54 PM
        
        It is all about votes and what attracts them. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/12/2008 5:16:20 PM
        
        That's my point. - Lee - 3/12/2008 10:45:26 PM
        
        Sadly, we have to go with the voting public that we have. - alcaray - 3/13/2008 1:19:56 AM
        
        "Bring her on!" (n/t) - Tony - 3/11/2008 12:17:02 PM
      - Cut the crap "Man From Time" and let's see some stock figures and lottery numbers already. (n/t) - TB - 3/10/2008 3:18:25 AM
        
        bad interpretation... very nearly opposite of what I said - Ø±Ø¬Ù„ Ù…Ù† ÙˆÙ‚Øª - 3/11/2008 1:35:54 AM
        
        Please contact me - Francois.Huetz@cern.ch - 9/18/2008 12:07:34 AM
        
        Please contact me - Francois.Huetz@cern.ch - 9/18/2008 12:07:18 AM
        
        You lose - TB - 3/11/2008 3:02:57 PM
        
        Just like the hoaxes by the UFO loons, it falls apart in the details - ARRELL - 3/12/2008 7:54:57 PM
        
        "the obvious culprit" - Robert - 3/13/2008 4:34:35 AM
        
        ;) (n/t) - Jody - 3/13/2008 4:07:58 AM

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