Good point, Peter! Political elections are won the same way products are sold...by ubiquitous and constant advertising. He who can do the most persuasive advertising to the largest number of "consumers" wins.

Does the public buy a product with an unknown brand name, or do they buy Gap clothing and Coke? Are Gap clothing and Coke inherently superior? NO! But people have heard of them.

The American public simply buys what they are told to buy, and votes for whom they are told to vote...and the few rich at the top are the ones who fund that advertising...and cash in on the sales.

That equals = a dictatorship by the wealthy under the facade of a modern democracy.

And that is the real answer, Doug. It's tragic, it's sad, but it's real.

- LH