02-18-2004, 08:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2004, 08:14 PM by Chaerophon.)
Grinning... Gripping... Massdebating... where does it end??? What a terribly crude post ;)
On a more productive note: the real "interesting" part of the primary system? Candidates are rarely to never able to develop a concrete platform. Appeal to the extremists to get in, back to the middle to win the election. Incumbent criticizes the "shift". Rinse and repeat in four years. Kerry's gonna get blasted as a bleeding heart come election time; luckily (or not, depending on your point of view) he's actually bled a few times, so he might have some credibility in the face of his critics.
EDIT: Meant also to point out that my characterization of party leaders as necessarily "meritorious" was undoubtedly a gross generalization.
On a more productive note: the real "interesting" part of the primary system? Candidates are rarely to never able to develop a concrete platform. Appeal to the extremists to get in, back to the middle to win the election. Incumbent criticizes the "shift". Rinse and repeat in four years. Kerry's gonna get blasted as a bleeding heart come election time; luckily (or not, depending on your point of view) he's actually bled a few times, so he might have some credibility in the face of his critics.
EDIT: Meant also to point out that my characterization of party leaders as necessarily "meritorious" was undoubtedly a gross generalization.
But whate'er I be,
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II