From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!stuart Newsgroups: net.misc Title: buying an election Article-I.D.: genradbo.550 Posted: Mon Sep 27 11:23:57 1982 Received: Thu Sep 30 09:16:55 1982 If the candidate you mention was able to "buy" the election, it was only because the voters were willing to "sell" their votes. No one has to decide their votes like they decide which soft drink to buy. Your dismay at the influence which money has in deciding an election is misplaced. It is not the spender who is to be frowned upon, but those who look no farther than TV ads to learn about a candidate, or whose political convictions are so weak as to be influenced by the mere sight of a politician's name plastered on someone's car or lawn or billboard. Stuart Hollander decvax!genradbolton!stuart