From: stever@crosstalk.tv.tek.com (Steven E. Rice  P.E.)
Subject: Re: Packwood's Indiscretions
Organization: Tektronix TV Products
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:59:57 GMT

Gee, the net is beginning to sound like the Citizens' Band.  Real life
and real names are too, too gauche (or perhaps insufficiently macho), so
we are treated to comments from "V Headshape" (sharvy@reed.edu) and "Big
Wilber" (towel@elcsci.com).  Unfortunately, neither one understands how
successful the SECRET PLAN of The Committee to Get Rid of Everybody has
been already!

In article <1992Dec19.135139.1828@elcsci.com>, "Big Wilber" exposes his
ignorance about the SECRET PLAN:

>> I think the voters are getting exactly what they deserve.  they were
>> stupid enough to re-elect him, surely they won't recall him, most,
>> probably aren't even vaguely aware of the situation.

"V Headshape" demonstrates similar ignorance of the SECRET PLAN in
article <1993Jan12.012023.7846@reed.edu>:

> They're getting exactly what they deserve. It makes the passage of
> term-limits even more hilarious.

Listen carefully, and I will elucidate the rationale behind the
SECRET PLAN:

   1. While it would have been perfectly acceptable to have both Les
      AuCoin and Bob Packwood in Washington, D.C. (the farther away, the
      better!), it was unacceptable to have either one representing us.

   2. Les AuCoin's baby face makes him (at 50!) look like a choir
      boy -- so in this image-oriented society, he is more dangerous
      than Bob Packwood, who looks like the business end of a log saw.

   3. Since Oregon doesn't include "None of the Above" on the ballot,
      the SECRET PLAN had to settle for defeating them in two steps.
      Left only with the choice of two weevils, it became imperative
      to choose the one more likely to be defeated in six years.

Thus, the SECRET PLAN was amazingly simple:

   1. Get rid of Les AuCoin.

   2. At the next election, get rid of Bob Packwood.

Les AuCoin obligingly kited 80-plus checks*, giving Harry Lonsdale a darn
good chance to beat him (so close, so close!).  By the time Les came up
against Bob Packwood, Les had exhausted his financial resources and had
lost much of the good will he had built up over the years with the
citizens of Oregon.  Bob "Sawmill Blade" Packwood was thereby enaabled
to slice Les AuCoin into 2-by-2s.

But, once having defeated Les AuCoin, how could we get rid of Bob
Packwood?  Easy!  Les sidled up to the House Bank a few years ago and lit
the fuse that led to his self-destruction.  Now we find out that Bob
Packwood has been lighting fuses for quite a few years.  Several of them
have finally reached the powder, and he's been badly damaged by the
explosions.

So, you see, we have imposed term limits of a more drastic variety on
both Les and Bob!  Les was limited to zero more terms.  Bob has certainly
given us all the leverage needed to limit him to just one more term.
Six years from now, we have a chance to elect a real leader to the Senate,
not just one more politician who has had his face in the public trough all
his life!  If we had waited for term limits to take effect, twelve years
would have been required.

You need to do your part to ensure that Bob Packwood doesn't get another
term and that Les AuCoin doesn't get another chance.  The Committee to
Get Rid of Everybody urges you to vote against them both (even if they're
just running for the bus)!

					Steve Rice

* P.S.: Be realistic, all you rabid pro-Les-ers out there!  If you or I
        had written a check for over $10,000 on a bank account which
        didn't contain anywhere near that amount, we would have wound up
        in the Gray Bar Hotel.  This fact was not lost on ORDINARY CITIZENS
        (whom you won't hear much from on the net, but who keep this
        state functioning).

        I went downtown in Portland a few days before the election to pick
        up a furnace switch.  While at the store (a heating supply business
        that normally sells to contractors, but will deal with private
        individuals on a cash-and-carry basis), the men that were there
        to pick up supplies were *very* vocal about their anger over the
        favoritism shown to Les AuCoin and the other House members.  They
        understood full well they would go to jail for the same acts that
        Les AuCoin got away with.
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