From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Subject: Update on alt.politics.* groups
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 06:29:00 GMT

I said I would get back with you today on those alt.politics.* groups I
proposed earlier this week.  Well, I only heard from one person, and
that was the news admin here at this site <mike@raven.alaska.edu>.  He
was vehemently opposed to the groups, stating the "temporary" nature of
the groups.  Problem is, the other single-candidate newsgroups are just
as temporary, so since we have 4 of them in existence already, are 5 
more going to hurt?  If I'm not mistaken, all that's needed is to remove
them from the active file after the election and the traffic goes into
junk.  Once again, here are the alt.politics.* groups I proposed:

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Plus, the following alt.politics.* groups.  These would cover some of
the lesser-known presidential candidates, and would serve the same
purpose as the currently-existing alt.politics.* groups for presidential
candidates.

alt.politics.fulani
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Discussion about Lenora B. Fulani, candidate of the New Alliance Party,
running with Maria Elizabeth Munoz.

alt.politics.gritz
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Discussion about James "Bo" Gritz, candidate of the Populist Party,
running with Cy Minett.

alt.politics.hagelin
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Discussion about John Hagelin, candidate of the Natural Law Party,
running with Mike Tompkins.

alt.politics.larouche
---------------------

Discussion about Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., running under the banner of
Independents for Economic Reform with running mate James L. Bevel.

alt.politics.phillips
---------------------

Discussion about Howard Phillips, candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers Party,
running with Albion W. Knight, Jr.

I believe that the existing alt.politics.* groups are far too overloaded
and dominated with discussion about the media candidates (Bush, Clinton,
Perot).  As such, it makes it impossible to carry on meaningful
discussions about anyone else running for President.  I know that
supporters of the above-mentioned candidates exist on the net, as I talk
to them quite often when I'm actually able to identify them through the
mass of dreck about the media candidates.

I know that I'm probably asking for too much here, but the only thing I
would ask with these alt.politics.* groups would be no cross-posting,
and all articles should have a 'usa' or lesser distribution.
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So there's the situation.  If any admins want to see these groups put
into existence, I would ask that you issue the newgroups yourself, as
it's been made obvious to me that they won't be issued from this site.

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