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- From: johnch@smaug.West.Sun.COM (John Chandler [Contractor])
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- Subject: Re: [misc.activism.progressive] Clinton Office Requests Comments
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 00:04:05 -0800
- Organization: A Window to Throw it Out of
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- In article <30DEC199221400138@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> mitcheec@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (Elliott Mitchell) writes:
- >
- >Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that political conservatives seem
- >more likely to take up new technology than liberals. Liberals seem to be
- >neo-Luddites in this respect.
- >
- >I didn't realize that for some time until I heard Rush Limbaugh point out
- >that only liberals still have rotary telephones.
-
- I'd like to see his research on this. I know no one who still has
- one, and only one of my friends admits to believing Ronald Reagan is a
- member of the animal kingdom.
-
- > All I can say is I'm a
- >liberal and I mostly have rotary telephones in my house. (That's one of the
- >things Rush is good for, he makes liberals think about themselves
- >(ourselves)).
-
- I doubt that either your tendencies in phone ownership nor your
- beliefs about valid sample sizes generalize to liberals as a class.
- Your perspective on Rush *may* be widely held among liberals, but he
- make *me* think about how valuable it is to be able to select another
- station. (How long do you think he'd last on Sprockets?)
-
- >So my point is that if a member were to rely heavily on
- >input that came through electronic means (meaning e.mail) that the more
- >conservative elements in society might have the upper hand. No?
-
- I strongly suggest that at the earliest opportunity, you email your
- representatives this observation. :-)
-
-