Why the White amendment is a good idea (fwd)
Lizard
lizard at dnai.com
Thu Sep 25 12:55:29 PDT 1997
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At 03:36 PM 9/25/97 -0400, Jeff Barber wrote:
>We shouldn't have to "trick" Congress into doing the right thing,
I can't think of any other way. Each congressman has one
concern:Getting re-elected. Thus, they frame each decision in terms
of:"How will this sound in a 30 second TV commercial aimed at the
clueless clods who live in my district/state?" and "Could this be
exploited by my opponent in a similair commercial?" In order to
convince a congresscritter to do what you want, you have to put it
into those terms.
Forget the rule of law, the Constitution, ideals, principles, values -
- - those things are *meaningless* when discussing the making of law in
this -- or any other -- nation.
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