I would venture to say both you and Craig, and perhaps some others as
well, have failed to detect the nuanced odor of sardonicism in Wirt's
post.

Denys


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(I re-chopped the reply wrap-arounds to be short.)
>
> --- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I don't think that anything so enthralls me as
> > well-reasoned political discourse. It is the
> > essence of our American democracy. In that
> > regard, I've copied and pasted the most recent
> > posting from Daniel Joseph Min below. Daniel
> > is a  persistent poster to sci.astro, as well
> > as a few hundred other newsgroups.
> > Although this posting of his is less animated
> > than most, it was more than enough to convince
> > me to vote Republican this year:

Craig Lalley replies:
> Well, I didn't realize that Wirt was a Republican,
> I am shocked.  Since Wirt is enthralled by a well-
> reasoned political discourse, I thought I would
> present the other side of the argument that Wirt
> presented.  This was more than enough to convince
> me to vote Republican this year.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/29/bin.laden.transcript/
>
> -Craig


I don't get that meaning at all.

It doesn't necessarily mean Wirt "IS" a Republican,
it only means he is voting that way ... this time.
(It is his citizenship privilege.)

BT


Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors

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