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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Presidential Politics
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 04:12:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 30 04:12:38 1984
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>Lord help us all if we elect Mondale and he treats the soviets as he is 
>currently behaving towards Reagan!  This ludicrous round of "You're going
>to do this!" "I am not!" is childish in the least, and aggravating to
>all who have to listen...

That's one way to look at it.  You can also look at it in the light that
Mondale (along with anyone else with an ability for arithmetic >= third
grade) can figure out that you can't simultaneously increase expenditures,
service the debt, limit the debt, and keep taxes constant.  Mondale simply
picked one of the inconsistent variables and started harping on it.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...I'm not cynical - just experienced.