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Bill, You've got a good idea. The only problem is that when we vote we vote for a lot of issues not just one. Admitedly the PD issue would be a major issue but I couldn't guarantee a vote based on any single issue. To do so would be intellectually dishonest. BTW John McCaine is a strong friend of the PD community. He is running for president and could use some help at the polls. I am a Democrat but he is a Republican I think that I can vote for. But he won't win, he also is for restrictions on money spent for political campaigns(McCain-Feingold Bill) and you know how much big money is against that concept. Charlie William Heitman wrote: > Is there such a thing as "the sense of the list"? If there is, I want to > appeal to it that we ought to at least investigate the following: > > The presidential race has barely started to heat up. > This might be a good time for us to get involved. What candidate wouldn't > want to befriend 1,800 (or however many) intelligent, connected, stay at home > individuals with time on their hands all of whom vote? > One approach to this: > > Invite all of the candidates to address the list via e-mail. Whether we want > to suggest a couple of topics for such e-mail is another matter. > > Probably, letting them choose their own issues is a good idea. > > Everything could stop there. > --------------- or we might----------------------- > Choose later to hold a vote and endorse one or more of the candidates, > identifying him/her/them as our candidate(s).--"Parkinson's friendly" > > Our only limits on what we do is that we should be in substantial agreement: > > It might work out that we will even want to: > > Work for one candidate, contacting voters, stuffing envelopes, getting > shut-ins out to vote, etc. > > What do you think? > > WHH 56/38/37 -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************