Re: CHAT: "La Bandera Estrellada"

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:

> To be consistently cynical, one should also attribute this to any organized
> political party.
Well, Will Rogers (he of "I never met a man I didn't like") once said,
"I don't belong to any organized political party: I am a Democrat".  That
at least is a major difference between the parties: Republicans enforce
far more of what a European would think of as party discipline than
Democrats ever will.

Otherwise, an excellent post, Tom.  I would also point all of you furriners to
Mark Rosenfelder's _Traveler's Guide to the U.S. Elections 2000_ at
http://www.zompist.com/eguide.html, in English and French.  Sample
explanation:

        There are three stages [of the campaign]: _fundraising_, which
        begins soon after the previous election and ends when the first
        candidate withdraws for financial underperformance; _primaries_,
        where each party slings mud at its own candidates till only the
        nominee remains, and the election itself.

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