E.F.Schelby wrote:
> Vernon North <verno@oyama.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
>>In article <2v4jd6F2h5f68U14@uni-berlin.de>, kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com 
>>says...
>>
>>>E.F.Schelby wrote:
>>>
>>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In fj.life.in-japan E.F.Schelby <schelby@swcp.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>My daughter just called me from Pennsylvania and a bus full of
>>>>>>New York volunteers returning from Ohio where they had helped the
>>>>>>Kerry campaign for the last five days. Yesterday she still canvassed
>>>>>>for six hours in driving rains. These young people worked very hard,
>>>>>>and it was all in vain. 
>>>>>
>>>>>So, if you participate in the democratic process, and don't win, it's
>>>>>all in vain?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, of course not. But they felt like it at the moment. The 
>>>>campaign helpers were tired, and it is understandable that they
>>>>were discouraged during the return trip. They had also witnessed
>>>>this and that flaw in the democratic process.
>>>
>>>Maybe she could try moving to Canada.
>>>
>>
>>Good idea. Our Canadian democratic process has neither this nor that 
>>flaw.  ;-)
> 
> 
> I was not in the mood for arguments, so I left it at "this or that."
> Some of the details she told me were not pretty.

Indeed. Check it out. http://tinyurl.com/6hupc

-- 
Kevin
"This is the best election night in history."--Democratic National 
Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Nov. 2, 2004, just before 8 p.m. EST