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If Don can't find people who agree with him, he's up shit creek anyway.

Posted by: DonS ( USA ) on October 29, 1999 at 11:03:07:

In Reply to: Yes, you may vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee. Then what? posted by MDG on October 28, 1999 at 21:59:41:

: By the time the candidates get on the ballot, they've been winnowed down to bland corporation flag bearers. And then what? One of them gets into Congress, and two people go to see him: 1) Don, earnest in his beliefs, but limited in his ability to donate cash to the Congressman's perpetual reelection campaing, and 2) The smooth lobbyist (perhaps an ex-Congressional aide or better yet, ex-Congressman) who represents a powerful corporation brimming with dollars. Don and the lobbyist explain their wants and needs to the Congressman, but unfortunately for Don, the lobbyist's needs contradict Don's. And really, who do you think the Congressman will help out?

Don: Except Don can get together with other people who agree with him, and they can pool their money. If Don can't find people who agree with him, he's up shit creek anyway.

Don: If the Congressman decides to take money from the corporation, and then does something for the corporation which pisses off the people in his district, he's up shit creek, too.




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