Martin Baxter wrote:
I think Maxprop should come to Canada: Conservative and Liberal are
relative terms, by our standards the far left of the 'mercan political
spectrum are right wing whackos, conversely by your standards, our
Conservatives are Pinkos!

Well, it's a socialist country, isn't it? But you wait, the
merchandising of politics, including the hard-sell of certain ideologies
as a lifestyle package, will come your way too.

Right now it looks to me like both the major U.S. political parties have
forgotten what it's all about. They are both frantically trying to raise
money, and spending their funds on ads intended to "energize their
base." What they need to do is convince people to vote for them... kind
of an old fashioned notion, don't you think? They say everything comes
back in style if you wait long enough.

Regards
Doug King

Right now it looks to me like both the major U.S. political parties have
forgotten what it's all about. They are both frantically trying to raise
money, and spending their funds on ads intended to "energize their
base." What they need to do is convince people to vote for them... kind
of an old fashioned notion, don't you think?

Uh, Doug, they mean the same thing.

"DSK" wrote in message

Martin Baxter wrote:
I think Maxprop should come to Canada: Conservative and Liberal are
relative terms, by our standards the far left of the 'mercan political
spectrum are right wing whackos, conversely by your standards, our
Conservatives are Pinkos!

Well, it's a socialist country, isn't it? But you wait, the
merchandising of politics, including the hard-sell of certain ideologies
as a lifestyle package, will come your way too.

Right now it looks to me like both the major U.S. political parties have
forgotten what it's all about. They are both frantically trying to raise
money, and spending their funds on ads intended to "energize their
base." What they need to do is convince people to vote for them... kind
of an old fashioned notion, don't you think? They say everything comes
back in style if you wait long enough.

Not a chance. Politics here is what it is, and the concept will only
exacerbate, thanks to the various media. My grandfather said much the same
thing as you did (above).

Max