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In praise of Whigs --

The Whigs were the American political party that
used to be the opposition to the Democrats, until
around 1856.  As I understand it, they lost out
on the slavery issue, and that crazy, upstart
third party, The Republicans, took over.

I should really read up on this... it's hard for
me to imagine how this could happen.  These days,
if a third party starts to gather votes, one (or
both) of the other parties rush in to co-opt their
positions.  (The reason there's no Socialist party
to speak of in this country is that the Democratic
party *became* the socialist party.)

But I guess the Whigs actually stuck to their
ideals (such as they were), and refused to waffle
on slavery.  They weren't the kind of slippery
professional politicians that seem to dominate
these days.

And the Democrats deserve some credit,
too.  They *could* nominate Tsongas, and
have a chance of winning the election.
But instead, they're sticking to their
guns and going with Clinton, win or lose
(I bet the later).
                                                         A brilliant
Not that it matters much to me, since                    analysis of
I'm just going to vote Libertarian                       the 1992
again.  Andre Marrou, this year, if you                  election, huh?
haven't heard.

         (And what a winner Marrou turned out
          to be.  Sold some land to himself while
          a member of the Alaska State Legislature
          at inflated prices.  Lied about his
          personal background.  Can the Libertarian
          party pick them, or what?)


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