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On 25 Sep 99 at 23:26, Barb_MSN wrote: > With all due respect, I hate to throw a cog in your > virtual wheel, but email from a politician posted on > the List will have a very limited exposure. Limited, that > is, when one considers the millions and millions of > people who access the Internet each day. > Go ahead Barb, throw a cog in the virtual wheel... I double dare ya! And I'm gonna plunge a hockey stick troo da spokes..... > > Email isn't like a live chat. It can't have the impact that > live chat has as it's naturally limited by the number of List > members who are registered to the List. In this case, > 1800 or there abouts individuals - and not all of these > people are US voters > No, the List majority may be from the US but lots are not.... > > Anything that's posted as a statement by a specific > political figure can easily have originated from one of > their aids and credited to the Big Cheese themself. > None of us would even know the difference as to who > actually authored such a message. > As I recall da prez was in favor of the Udall Bill but it didn't cut any icewhen it came to appropriations.... > > Heck... a year ago, it we might have received a post > allegedly written to our List members by the President, > when in reality, he might have fobbed it off on one of > his aids - errrrr such as Monica Lewinsky! (wee smirk) > Do ya have Monica's 1-900 number?? > > Why not invite a bunch of politicians - either together or > individually - to join List members in a live CHAT? THAT > way, with advance publicity, our speaker-to-be will > HAVE to be the speaker we invite! (tho I guess we'd > have to take their word for it). > I doubt they would be interested in live CHAT.... not enough opportunity for controlled spin..... Sooooo, Barb M. I agree with you basically, but I don't think it'll work. Bill, count me as a no, if you count non US list members. All the best ............. murray [log in to unmask]