"All of those megalomaniacs have supporters, contributors and voters from your pool of decent people."
Maureen, I don't know how I can explain it any clearer. I'll try, even though I am pretty sure it'll be a waste of time. Let's take Rick Santorum. Many people voted for him because he was NOT Mitt Romney. Now, that Romney has pretty much wrapped up the nomination, many people will vote for him because he is NOT Obama. They are not "supporters" in the traditional sense. They are choosing the lesser of two evils (in their opinion at least). Just to show the disconnect between leaders and their constituents, ask yourself the following: Where do the people of the USA stand on illegal immigration compared to their elected leaders? Voter ID reform? Foreign aid? Foreign interference? Anyway, when I consider all of the people I know, am acquainted with, and am associated with, the super majority are decent people. This includes barbers, barista's, clerks, bartenders, coworkers, friends, family, students, teachers, and so on. If this isn't the case for you, my condolences. I'd be interested on how this relates to others on the list. Do you know a bunch of decent people or are you surrounded by douche bags? One more thing. Many voters are stupid, indifferent, or distracted. The best sound bite wins. This doesn't make those people evil. When one considers that Jersey Shore can stay on the air, that American Idol is must see TV, and that many people are more concerned with the Yankees winning the pennant instead of worrying about balancing the federal budget, it shouldn't surprise anyone we are stuck with the leaders we have. "Either the electorate has control of who is elected, or we are living in a fantasy land in which we the people are totally under the will of those who are really running the country, yet believe our votes matter. Which do you think it is?" It can't be a combination of both? The people are under the power of the corporate regime that they put in office during the last election. They might be able to choose the other regime during the next election. J -- Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. - George Jean Nathan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
