Aha, so as George Carlin once said: "Maybe it isn't the politicians who suck...maybe something else sucks around here....the public. The public sucks."
Garbage in, garbage out. On 6/28/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I'm saying our current system is broken since if favors liars. > It's like a co-dependent loop: people want to hear that they can have > their cake and eat it too, so they elect people who'll tell them that > even though it's not possible. > > Further, in order for a candidate to get their logically conflicted > message out, they have to make thousands of under the table deals to > get money to do it. > > To use a consulting phrase, we need to open the kimono. I've detailed > all of this before, but we need government funded campaigns, run-off > elections (no electoral college), etc. > > Until then it's not the smart that win elections, but those most > willing to tell donors they'll skew policy in their favor, and also > tell the public that they can have low taxes, but still have tons of > government services. > > Specifically let's look at Bush. Was there some genius at work to get > him elected? No. Rove didn't invent some new trickery - he was just > more ruthless than ever about not just telling people he'll give them > X, but actually following through. > > So he gave the social conservatives their Gay Marriage BS and abortion > hooey, while playing off the fears and patriotism of everyone else. > > There's no genius there, just full blown pandering. > > Another example: Chuck Hagel. He recently said that using poll-tested > phrases like "cut and run" disgraces the serious debate we should be > having over Iraq policy. He's RIGHT! But most Republicans won't back > away from using that crap because they're more concerned about > manipulating emotions to get elected than actually creating smart > policy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210416 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
