>I actually don't see that much in the platforms, in substance as opposed to
>rhetoric, that are so different. Platforms are deceptive, since they
>reflect promises, not voting records, which I think are far more important.
Once there was a rhetorical commitment, at least, to full employment and universal public health insurance. Now there's a lot of micro-techno-gobbledygook.
At least the word "union," which went missing in the 1992 platform (except for Soviet Union) is back.
Doug