[ExI] request to tone down politics, was: RE: Wise...

[Giulio Prisco]

Soon The John! ;-)

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:56 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [ExI] request to tone down politics, was: RE: Wise...
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> US politics has been discussed on this list, often with heated tones, for as
> long as I can remember. I see no problem with that, politics _IS_ important.
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> Adrian, there's no way to "give the Libertarian candidate enough exposure to
> have a good chance of winning." Not in 2016. Perhaps in 2036. We should work
> on that.
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> G
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> It isn't in our hands now, it is decided by the mainstream press.
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> If Clinton loses the FBI primary, and the race becomes Sanders vs Trump vs
> Johnson, they might agree to having three-way debates on prime time, and
> they cover it with top of their splash pages, think how sane and clean
> Johnson would appear.  We could find a nice snappy short slogan analogous to
> Feel the Bern and Make America Great Again.  I would propose either "Hear
> the Footsteps" or "Hurl the Hammer."
>
> spike
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