On Jun 27, 2009, at 5:00 PM, martin wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously the vetting mechanism is different, with different
>>> intended outcomes. But the strategy is the same, to ensure that
>>> candidates and parties that are a threat to the ruling class are
>>> prevented from getting onto the ballot.
>>
>> What's your point? We should embrace formal vetting because it's
>> more honest?
>>
>
> From my viewpoint, no one enters US political life via the major
> parties unless they are 'mentored' in. That seems very much like a
> formal vetting process to me
Ok, it's night, all the cows are black.