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- From: randolph@cognito.ebay.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Democracy
- Message-ID: <RANDOLPH.92Nov15131712@cognito.ebay.Sun.COM>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 18:17:12 GMT
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- In-reply-to: mss2@quads.uchicago.edu's message of Sun, 15 Nov 1992 10:39:47 GMT
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- "Heinline had an enormous impact on politics through his writing. He
- did make a difference. I think Heinline started out believing that
- our democratic government could express the best of the USA. As you
- say, Michael, he became disillusioned, yet secretly, I think, he went
- on hoping that our government could express the best of us, even while
- watching it do no such thing.
-
- "A number of groups have been organizing modern summaries and methods
- of politics. The League of Women Voters even ran a 'take back the
- system' drive. On the liberal side I know of the League, Public
- Citizen (led by Ralph Nader), and Common Cause. There's a
- conservative group whose name escapes me--their leader was interviewed
- on Fresh Air with Ralph Nader--politics still makes strange
- bedfellows! And there's the neutral Center for National Independence
- in Politics--Project Vote Smart."
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