On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:42:07 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:44:45 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> As has already been illustrated... elected by only 20% of us. :((( >> Therefore, at-best.... 20% of the population are getting what they want. > Not even that. They are getting what their elected representative > decides HE wants after he is elected. > Sometimes (rarely) that is the same as he wanted before he was elected. > The chances that what he votes for is what the people who elected him > really want, is just too far out to be believable. > And if it ever did occur, his vote would be swamped by the majority of > "elected representatives" who vote according to the dictates of what > comes out of the party rooms. >> The remaining 80% are in-fact being dictated to. > ALL are being dictated to by the party machines -- unless they are rich > enough to buy the party's vote. > Am I cynical or just being realistic? IMO, 100% realistic. Sad, but true. :(( -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/
