On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:05 PM, ravi wrote:
> Indeed it did. Unlike Carrol I actually think the "drill" serves a
> different purpose. It's a method of venting for the frustrated, a
> release valve, that makes it possible for them to then return to terra
> firma and choose a candidate. Note that the choice made by the
> real-world majority, "none of the above", was available from the start
> on the LBO poll. And this is a fairly radical "far left" group
> (LBO) we
> are talking about here.
"Real world"? The drill option was away of saying "don't force me to do this," at least not in a year divisible by 4. "None of the above" suggests openness to an unnamed option rather than rejection of the whole process. You make it sound like childish contrariness when it's actually the expression of a ripened disgust.
Doug