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   Derek A. Bill to xtcmusicfan@netscape.com   
   Re: I'm startin' to LIKE Kerry   
   17 Oct 04 13:12:21   
   
   From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <4172B26A.6020206@netscape.com>, mjoann   
    wrote:   
      
   > Loki wrote:   
   > >   
   > > And Californian's, Texan's, and New Yorker's have interests beyond   
   > > those of Nevadan's and Iowan's. However, we are left out of the mix.   
   >   
   > How? California, Texas and New York still have more electoral votes, so   
   > you're left out how?   
   >   
   > > Why should it be that when choosing the most powerful individual   
   > > elected official that the voice of some citizens should be so much   
   > > greater than that of others?   
   >   
   > Voters in states with tiny populations would be completely overshadowed   
   > by those from big states. Democracy and the electoral college ensure   
   > that these little states are not ignored. How would you feel if your   
   > state was just say 10 percent the size of another, and your state's   
   > issues never got through because they were such a tiny minority that   
   > they never stood a chance?   
   >   
   > mjoann   
   >   
      
   Now you're standing up for minorities?   
      
   You feeling okay?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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