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- From: foy@aero.org (Richard Foy)
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- Subject: Re: NBC News Blackout on Black Senatorial Candidate
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 00:04:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.001922.28928@genie.slhs.udel.edu> tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu (tom) writes:
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- >
- >then again, i also liked the way they made a point of mentioning that
- >for the first time in history there were TWO women running for the
- >senate in california, when there were actually three--Barbara Boxer,
- >Diane Feinstein, and June Genis. guess who they didn't think was worth
- >mentioning :-(
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- First let me say that I think that June is a capable, competent, dedicated
- person. I disagree with her onm some things mostly the environment. So
- this is not a put down of her. It is rather a suggestion to the Libertarians
- who think they are being treated unfairly.
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- The media judges who are serious candidates by how much money they raise.
- Many people are seriously influenced by the advertizing that a candidate
- does. If one doesn't raise a lot of money they are not going to be able to
- advertize. In the early part of a campaign much of the effort goes into
- fundraising. With the current system of elections it takes a lot of money
- to get elected. I think that Brabara Boxer spent about $9million and
- Bruce Hershenshon spent around $11million. I could be off in these numbers
- a bit.
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- To point out the power of advertizing let me remind you of status of
- the Boxer, Herschenson in the weeks before the election. A few weeks
- before Boxer was ahead by double digit numbers. Bruce started TV ads
- over a week before Barbara did. He could afford to. He had more money.
- The race tighened so much that it was almost even. Barbara started
- advertizing. The race stabilized, perhaps even opened up a bit.
- Barbara Boxer won.
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- I will tell you why they didn't think June was worth mentioning. Again
- this is not a criticism of June. It is a criticism of the Libertarian
- party. I don't know how much money June raised, but I suspect that it
- was one or two orders of magnitude less than Boxer/Hershcenson. The media
- knows that, with the current election system, one doesn't stand a chance
- of getting elected unless one raises money like the DEms and the Reps. do.
- The vast majority of the people in this contry don't really care about 3rd
- parties. They don't care about candidates that don't have a chance of
- getting elected.
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- So if you want Libertarians to get elected, either change the election
- system so money is not all important, or get lots of money to the
- Libertarian candidates. I donated to June's campaign. I also did
- to Boxer's.
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- Richard Foy Redondo Beach, CA Standard Disclaimer
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- >tom@udel.edu ...!{gateway}!udel!tom
- >tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu UDel: School of Life and Health Sciences
- >
- >"Themes were useless; Destiny was here, and the foot pedals were bleeding."
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