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Reply #64: IMO, that ship sailed and continues to sail, in all but a technical sense. We get to vote, [View All]

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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-21-09 01:37 PM
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64. IMO, that ship sailed and continues to sail, in all but a technical sense. We get to vote,
but the outcome of elections is decided by things like corporate campaign contributions, voter fraud, partisan judges, etc. The Democrats and the Republicans combined to make sure a third party candidate does not have a serious shot and that Presidential debates are more show business than anything else.

Yes, I still dress up and go to the polls every two years. I'm old fashioned. I even make contributions. However, I am thinking of dropping contributions to the Party and contributing only to things like the ACLU, the HRC and things like that. Maybe PBS, if it can stay clear of Republican/corporate bias. It has not been doing as good a job of that in the last four to six years as it once did, though.

Anyhoo, I think government of the people is dying.
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