Reply #9: one more time . . .

[OneBlueSky]

real change can happen ONLY if the critical issues that underlie all other issues (as summarized by Timothy V. Gatto in his recent article entitled The Issues The Candidates Won't Touch) are addressed . . . to summarize once more, these issues include . . .

1. The corporate hold on the American political system.
2. The erosion of our civil liberties.
3. The Military Industrial Complex
4. The Crimes committed by the Bush Administration.
5. The Truth about September 11th, 2001.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_timothy__080109_the_issues_the_candi.htm

from my perspective, Mr. Gatto should have included a #6: The Privitization of U.S. Elections . . .

without addressing these issues, things like the war and healthcare and all the rest have no hope of solution . . . whether our candidate is the senator from New York or the senator from Illinois makes no difference whatsoever, as far as I can see . . . neither will touch any of these issues -- which means that any promises of "change" they make is just meaningless rhetoric . . .

as for John Edwards (who I support) . . . the Chamber of Commerce has already signaled that the powers that be will punish anti-business candidates . . . meaning that Edwards has zero chance of getting anywhere near the White House . . . those same powers have the means to ensure this result (see Elections 2000 and 2004), and they will use it . . .

for those tired of seeing the same message in any number of threads, I do not apologize . . . stripping away all the rhetoric, this is what the 2008 campaign boils down to, and it can't be mentioned too often or too emphatically, imo . . .