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Thread #73907   Message #1287432
Posted By: GUEST
03-Oct-04 - 11:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Kerry Declared Winner of First Debate..
Subject: RE: BS: Kerry Declared Winner of First Debate..
No, the way to get rid of it is to change our voting behavior, and our behavior, which has been quite lax, regarding the performance of our daily duties of citizenship in a democracy.

Only the Democrats believe that voting the Republicans out will effect change, and only the Republicans believe that voting the Democrats out will effect change.

When the system is deadlocked, no change takes place. That is where we are at now, just as we were in 2000. Something will break this deadlock, sometime, but it won't be the results of the upcoming presidential election, and the deadlock will not be broken November 3rd when the winner of the horse race in declared.

It is ridiculous to suggest that the dire political shrieking is only the Republicans fault. That is just blind partisan belief in god/righteousness/truth being on your side, and your side only.

We've been hearing this sad refrain from both sides in US politics since the 1970s. This election is no more or less important than any other, it is just being sold on TV as more important than any other election, so people will keep watching the ads, and buying the products being peddled in the packaging, marketing, and selling of the US elections as infotainment.