Fun_People Archive
18 Nov
American Politics in a nutshell
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 13:44:58 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: American Politics in a nutshell
Forwarded-by: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris)
Forwarded-by: John.Pope@Eng.Sun.COM (John Pope)
From: Stacy Friedman <safriedm@fas.harvard.edu>
It all really just boils down to this:
ISSUE | DEMOCRATS | REPUBLICANS
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criminals | Give them a second | Give them the swift
| chance | sword of death
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the poor | Give them some food | Give them the swift
| | sword of death
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endangered | Give them protection | Give them the swift
species | | sword of death
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dictators | Give them a way out | Give them the swift
| | sword of death
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the uninsured | Give them some | Give them the swift
| health care | sword of death
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the cost | $9,000,000,000, | $29.95
| 000,000,000 | (cost of one sword)
© 1994 Peter Langston