At 10:02 PM -0400 10/5/00, Steve Furlong wrote:

David Honig wrote:

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Every time a VP candidate during the debate says "weapons of mass destruction" you have to sip.

And if they say "for the children" you finish the bottle.

I hadn't planned to, but I watched most of the debate tonight. Though I won't in all likelihood vote for either the Reps or the Dems, I was much-impressed with the debate. Both candidates were thoughtful, had an easygoing command of the issues, and avoided simplistic cheap shots. The humor was welcome. No mention, that I caught, of either "weapons of mass destruction" or "for the children," at least not in codeword ways. (There was some blither about "Hollywood peddling smut," and both candidates seem willing to suspend the Constitution on this point.) I watched bits and pieces of the debate a few nights ago. It was jarring in its freneticism, especially where algore kept trying to squeeze in more points, kitchen-sink-style. Generally I'm avoiding the campaign. I read no articles about the campaign, I watched not a minute of either of the "conventions," and I switch the channel on the t.v. when the election is covered. Perhaps I'm watching the debates because I recently read a biography of Lincoln. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.