From: alizard@pil.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.pagan
Subject: the US elections...
Date: 4 Nov 92 21:32:56 GMT


WE WON!!! As I type, Bush is conceding. An important battle has
been won. The war for America's future has NOT been won.
 
I do not know if Clinton is going to keep his e-mail address. I'll let people 
know if he keeps it or gets a new one.  
Areas to watch in a Clinton Administration:
1. Gun control. If you feel as I do that it's a bad idea, make a
habit of contacting the White House...
2. Censorship. Tippe Gore is the Vice President's wife. She is
potentially much more dangerous than Marilyn Quayle, especially
as her husband, unlike Dan Quayle, is going to be allowed input
at the highest levels of power.
3. War on Drugs. In order to keep his promises on crime and the
budget deficit, we MUST stop the war and bring the boys home. The
war is costing so much at the Federal, state, and local levels
that it's a $100,000,000,000 + a year (including spending on
prison/jail construction) on American resources that now, more
than ever, must be stopped. We can't afford it if the government
is going to spend money on economic stimulation, health care, and
rebuilding infrastructure. More to the point, the money spent on
the War on Drugs has resulted in the price of crack dropping by a
factor of 4. We need to stop this before they start giving the
product away.
This is also, with Bush no longer able to appoint more Supreme
Court justices, the biggest threat to civil liberties at a
national level we have left.
4. The Religious Right organizations and their stealth candidates
that they are bringing up at the local levels. Their kind of
local organization literally took the GOP away from its
"moderate" majority. They are running for city councils, school
boards, and other political posts that largely determine how
local services are delivered, how our schools are run and what
is taught there, and provide a training ground for candidates for
higher office. I have no objections for Christian viewpoints
being represented for candidates for public office. I DO object
to candidates who have a moderate agenda for a public office and
a real agenda for the hard core Christians. These people can
steal our rights while attention is being paid to "top of ticket"
issues.
5. Independent candidates and new political parties. A
fundamental principle has been discovered. If an independent
third party can come up with enough money (note- political
candidate ad rates are lowest available commericial rates), it
can buy large blocks of national TV time and get instant
credibility on a national scale. Perot, Marrou, and even what's
his name from Natural Law Party became national presences. Look
for more of this.
6. We need to keep Clinton's feet to the fire on his campaign
promises... health care, economic growth, targeting R&D...
7. The lack of emphasis on issues of poverty and homelessness was
necessary to get the suburban vote, to be blunt. OK, the election
is over and the homeless are still on the street. We need to come
up with something better than empty promises on welfare reform.
One reason why I voted for Clinton because I expect him to damn
well DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

This, of course, was typed last night, I couldn't get into the node where
I pick up this newsfeed then,
pagans should pay special attention to items 2 and 4

Blessings...

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