Face Facts: Going Over The "Cliff" Would Suck Badly

[sabrina 1]

23. Really? Why should he do that rather do what citizens are supposed to do,

push their elected officials to do what they were elected to do. Do you know Manny in RL btw, know anything about what he does? Your comment indicates you have zero knowledge of his activities on behalf of the Dem Party and is therefore a comment with no substance or relevance to this OP.

Did you know that Dems rarely use that old tactic on internet forums?

The reason why Dems rarely use the 'run for office' pretend 'advice' instead of reasoned arguement? Because we know that the work of citizens is equally as important as the work of elected officials, in fact it is more important.

See eg, how currently citizen activism pushed elected officials to remove the Chained CPI from the current Deficit Discussions where it never belonged.

And see how citizen activism forced elected officials, no matter how reluctant they were originally, to end DADT.

So why would you think that every citizen who expresses an opinion about the policies being pushed by elected officials should become an elected official themselves?

That makes no sense whatsoever since our system never intended that the only way a citizen has the right to an opinion is to 'run for office' themselves.

You appear to have little faith in what citizens can do when they are organized, as they are currently. I have far more faith in the people especially now that they are way more informed than ever before, in encouraging our elected officials to do what they promised to do. They need to know the people will support them when they do.