1997-06-30 - Re: Rep. Lofgren on McCain/Kerrey (good. long.)

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-30 18:45:45 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 02:45:45 +0800

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 02:45:45 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Rep. Lofgren on McCain/Kerrey (good. long.)
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On Mon, Jun 30, 1997 at 09:57:11AM -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
> 
> To get elected in America, you have to give the voters someone to hate.
> Back 10 years ago, it was criminals, then it was wetbacks, now it is
> pornographers (and tobacco companies).  Hate is just so much better as a
> motivating force than good government (whatever "good" is).

Hate is used as a motivating force by entities other than governments 
-- we see it used every day here on CP.

-- 
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kent@songbird.com			the thief he kindly spoke...
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