Re: (TV) Florida

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 3:23 PM -0800 11/29/00, Michael Olcsvary wrote:
> OT, how are our members outside the US viewing the current comedy in
> Florida?

Well, I found this amusing:
http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0011/florida/

It's interesting, though--the American electorate as a whole seems to 
have said quite clearly, "We don't want either of them."  It's sort 
of an extension of the divided government we've been voting in since 
'94.  I find it fascinating that as one candidate gains some legal or 
procedural advantage, he gets a setback in some other way.  We just 
don't want to commit to these guys.

If nothing else, people are paying more attention to the electoral 
process--and information design!  At least until the fifteen minutes 
are up and the boredom kicks in, which looks to be soon. 
Unfortunately, I haven't been hearing much about that "inhabitant" 
stipulation in Article II of the Constitution--electors from a given 
state can't cast votes for Presidential and Vice-presidential 
candidates who are also _inhabitants_ of that same state (in this 
case, Texas--and I know that Cheney's changed his "residence" to 
Wyoming...but the Constitution says "inhabitants").  That ought to 
get interesting around December 18th.

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Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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