CHAT (FLORIDA-GATE): was Putting the duh in Florida

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 2:55 AM
Subject: Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida


> En réponse à Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>:
>
> > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >
> > >In France, at least, if we want we can hear of all parties: on public
> > TV before
> > >the elections,
> >
> > Huh! But all that free speech nonsense just isn't the American Way! ;)
Well stations like C-Span do provide for such things.
But they do not get much publicity.

For the next four years, however, there will be a
lot of attention given to the continuing investigation
of the Florida election. Florida-Gate (hey, conlangers
-- a new word) will perhaps get as much attention as
Watergate, though it seems unlikely to bring down a
President in mid-term..

So the media acts reactively, never pro-actively.