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From: nathanm@hp-pcd.UUCP (nathanm)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: The Great Debates
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Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 14:22:00 EDT
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Nf-From: hpcvre!nathanm    Oct 10 10:22:00 1984

Q: What do the following two statements have in common?:

  1) Walter Mondale won the first debate because he did better than
     everyone expected.

  2) The San Diego Padres won the first game of the world series
     because they did better than everyone expected.

A: They are of equal relevance.

In other words, I'm a little tired of hearing all this talk of
who "won" the debate.  Judging from the polls, the relevance of
the discussion is highly (excuse the pun) debatable.

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From a worried Padres fan and Reagan detractor,

Nathan Meyers
hp-pcd!nathanm