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Re: the VP debate

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From: Bill Campbell
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:38
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In <iaZosB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us> bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:

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:Stockdale was the only one who (at least) tried to answer the queries put
:to him. He would, however, stumble off into a void though, nullifying his
:answers. But Gore and (especially) Quayle did a reprehensible job with
:their questions. I don't know what all the fuss, oooohs and aaaahhhs are
:about. I've seen more substantive debates in kindergarten playgrounds
:over who gets to play with the dumptruck.

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:MODERATOR: "The audience shouldn't hiss like that..."

:QUAYLE: "Neener! Neener!"

:PUBLIC-1: "Quayle wins!"

:PUBLIC-2: "Gore wins!"

:PUBLIC-3: "Stockdale wins!"

:This debate only offers us a choice of what level of mental incontinence
:we'd like to have guiding our country. Let's hope that which-ever of the
:choices makes the trip to Washington lays in a goodly supply of Brain
:Pampers, a kind of Depends for the Mind.

This is exactly the impression I got of the VP debate... a couple
of 5-year olds fighting over the toy with Stockdale looking on in
amazement at the antics of Dole (Mr Tipper) and Quayle.

The more I see of this election, the more I want a None of the
Above choice and throw all the bastards out!

Bill
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From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Newsgroups: pnw.general
Subject: Re: the VP debate
Message-ID: <1992Oct16.153844.3467@Celestial.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:38:44 GMT
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