From: pnr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (PAUL N. RITTER)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Doomed
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:06:04 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <9211041631.AA11189@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com>, GCTHORNE@idbsu.idbsu.edu w
rites:
>
>In a previous article, drevik@utkvx3.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve) says:
>
>>In article <1992Nov4.043731.138233@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, pnr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
> (PAUL N. RITTER) writes...
>>>Well, at this time it is not yet official, but it seems that Gov. Clinton has
>>>fooled enough of the American people. I can't believe how fast this country i
s
>>
>>Hardly.  This election is characterized as one where the people were
>>the MOST informed.  Record numbers of people read the literature, watched
>
>       I think I would alter this from " MOST informed " to
>       " MOST influenced by news media ".
>
>>>I'm counting the days to see my right to own firearms slip away. I'm counting
>
>       Yes, I see this coming almost immediately.
>
>       It will be called "uniting the country" and "working together".

     It will be called "the greatst blowtorch under the Constitution", telling
     people that it's ok to disregard our rights.
>
>>
>>As long as you people stick to this rhetoric and don't give the new
>>administration a chance to prove it wrong, we're never going to be
>>able to unite to fix this country.  Did you bother to watch Clinton's
>
>          Please, please, try and think here.  We are seeing the
>    IDENTICAL tactics used in Wiemar Germany.  Divide and conquer.
>    Can you really not see this?  Our own government has fostered
>    an environment where several of our constituitional rights will
>    now need to be "temporarily curtailed" to "unite the country".

  You mean to say "to forget about the rights of law abiding citizens, so that
  it is fair and equal to the cammon criminal."
  >
>        Yes, I watched Clinton's acceptance speech.  I watched Bush's,
>    I watched Perot's.  Watching Clinton's speech, I am now truly
>    SCARED.  Did YOU see the audience?  Almost predominately 20-25 year
>    olds, campaign workers, etc.  What *I* saw was the beginning of
>    George Orwell's DoubleThink, now convienently labelled
>    " Political Correctness ".
>
>     What *I* was saw was the beginning of a "Government by Fanaticism ".
>
>     What *I* saw was Governer Clinton and Al Gore convincing themselves
>     that they have a "mandate" with 43% of the vote.
>
>     What I really found amusing was the media's assertion that Clinton
>     won because he wasn't willing to deceive the public.  I find this
>     unbelievable.
>
>     Between Clinton's media-ordained "mandate", and America's
>     renewal of a callous, distant, and dishonest Congress...
>
>        Sure, I'll wait and see what Clinton does.  But America has
>        spoken, and it has clearly said " We won't pay for debts, we
>        won't honor our commitments, we shall plunder our children,
>        because it's *easier* ".
>
>>
>>I'm sorry that you feel so bad about living in a democracy.  Why don't
>>you move to another country with autocratic rule?
>
>       I think the autocratic country is coming to me.
>
>       "Smart cards" for everyone?
>
>       An unconstitutional "National Police Force" ?
>
>       " We'll deal with the deficit after we FIX the economy ", like
>       the two aren't related?  This really is what it's all about.
>       Facing the defict would be HARD, wouldn't it?  It would be
>       UNPOPULAR.  And so it won't be done.  Ever.
>
>       In all honesty, I'm now looking seriously into various countries
>   in South America.  Uruguay doesn't look to bad, Paraguay has instituted
>   democratic reforms, Chile appears to be booming.
>
>       I was kind of bummed when Carter was elected, not because he
>   was a Democrat, but because I felt he had too little experience and
>   too much naivety.  But this is the first time in 5 presidential
>   elections that I have felt frightened.
>
>
>>
>>-s
>>
>
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