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/***** ea:net.philosophy / ames-lm!barry / 10:44 pm  Jun 28, 1984 */
	This is a characteristic of all small splinter parties. As long
as they remain small, their membership will tend to be made up of very
ideologically pure people. If their general position should catch on,
however, there will inevitably be a broader spectrum of opinion within
the party, and the purists will be outvoted.

                                                Kenn Barry
        Electric Avenue:              {dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames-lm!barry
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Another affect of a splinter party catching on is that the Big Two start
picking up the less ludicrous planks in the small party. This is why I
vote libertarian (when possible. In OK, as in the Soviet Union, we can
only vote for state approved people.), not because I expect them to win,
but because I'd like to see some of the libertarian appear in the Demo/Repo
platform (sic).

	<mike