Reply #108: The problem is seeing democracy as one choice made on Election Day

[jgraz]

Every day, with every issue and event, we decide whether we're going to applaud or criticize the actions of our politicians. When Obama does something good (e.g. his speech on race) I'm all over the place praising him. When he does something boneheaded, he's also going to hear from me.

Voting is the most coarse-grained, unintelligible action that one can take to register your feelings about a politician. I'm going to vote for Obama no matter what, but I damn sure want him to get the message that my vote is IN SPITE OF his reversal on protecting the 4th Amendment.