Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site fornax.uucp
Path: utzoo!watmath!ubc-vision!fornax!chapman
From: chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: New from the Campaign Trail
Message-ID: <16@fornax.uucp>
Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 21:57:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: fornax.16
Posted: Sat Oct 18 21:57:26 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 21-Oct-86 20:59:08 EDT
References: <465@sask.UUCP>
Distribution: can
Organization: Computing Science Dept, SFU,  Burnaby, B.C. Canada
Lines: 36

> As the campaign for the 1986 Saskatchewan election draws to a close, what is
> on the minds of the typical voter?  A relative of mine, who is running for
> office, reports the following incident:
> 
> CANDIDATE: What is concerning you most in this election?
> 
> VOTER:	   I'm tired of those buggers who won't let you smoke!
> 
> CANDIDATE: [Warily:] Oh?
> 
> VOTER:	   When I buy cigarettes, I pay taxes on them.  That tax is my
> 	   license to smoke anywhere I damn well please!
> 
> CANDIDATE: Well, that's certainly an interesting point of view.  I've
> 	   never heard that before.  Do you think we'll get this crop
> 	   off?
> 
> 
> 						Jim Tubman
> 						(From the account of
> 						 Tim Brecht.)
> 						University of Saskatchewan

Well the election here in BC has some interesting moments too! 
 The media here are doing a real hard sell on the candidates personal
appearances.  Apparently they feel that the size and duration of the
candidates smiles are the most important criteria in deciding for whom
to vote.  It has gotten to the point where one local columnist spent his
entire column on one of the candidates for premier (who has been pilloried
by the media because of occasional nervousness in public), and after
telling the reader what a nice, honest, thoughtful, intelligent, dedicated
guy the candidate is concludes that he's a nice guy he's "obviously" not
a good choice for a leader.  As far as I could tell he wasn't even trying
to be facetious.  Another triumph of form over content. sigh