> > But blame lies with the American voter: > > 1.) We, as a group, are massively uninformed. Many people don't even > vote and those that do rarely understand what they're doing and why. > Those that respond to political posts on this list are probably easily > in the top 1% of informed voters. Scary, huh?
What does George Carlin say? If you have selfish, ignorant voters....you get selfish, ignorant leaders. Garbage in, garbage out. However, i'm not quite ready to say "blame the voters". Yes, it's a travesty that more people aren't informed about the issues or people they are voting for. But.....where does that excuse blame for the guy who was elected? He's still the one breaking the law. Even ignorant people should be able to expect other people to follow the law. It's one thing to vote in a guy who isn't very good at the job...it's quite another to have that guy start breaking the law. > > 2.) As a group we're easily distracted and prone to emotional issues > rather than substantive ones. This will never change. If you want to win an election, appeal to people emotionally. Forget the issues or your ideas. Put on the best circus, get elected. > > 3.) As a group we're gullible. Mr. Bush has proved that beyond a > doubt with his WMD claims that he's since retracted (after taking us > to war over them). Democracy requires a certain level of trust for those in power. The idea being....we put them there, we should trust them! But we've already discussed the obvious flaw in that idea..... > > For all of these reasons money has become the order of the day. > Americans demand that their politicians spend millions to get elected. > To get the money most have to prostitute themselves to special > interests which compromises their work representing the people. Circuses aren't cheap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190382 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
