Voting only makes the system work if you know what you are voting for. If you don't pay a attention you're not doing any good and may in fact be doing positive harm.
I think Half of the primary voters, (and some of the candidates), haven't a clue about what the process is about. I'd say about half the support for each comes from total irreverencies, Obama gets support because he's acceptably black, Hillary because she's a woman, McKane because he's a war hero, Huckaby because he's an evangelical minister, Romney because he's movie star, (think Pat Boone), handsome. Maybe a quarter of their support comes because they don't have somebody else's baggage,. Hillery's a woman /and/ Bill's wife, Obama might be secretly a Moslem, oh yes and you might have noticed he’s black, (I wish that last weren’t true but you’d have to be a fool not to realize it). McKane is in favor of the War in Iraq, Huckaby is an evangelical minister, (hey for most of these people it works both ways), Romney's a, oh God no, a /Morman/. Exit polls bear this out general cluelessness . Just for example I mean, really, in what universe could you vote for McKane or Hillery based on their economic acumen. They both have the same understanding of economics that my dog has of tensor calculus, (don’t think I’m picking on these two, most of the candidates have that level of expertise). McKane even admits it, and it’s so obvious in Hillary’s case that even the totally clueless should realize it. Yet exit polling has a number of people giving them both high marks on the economy. Every single one of these candidates at one time or another, some more often others, have made promises that are not only, not functions of the office they are running for, but in fact are specially prohibited by the constitution. That alone should disqualify them from holding hight office. I find myself in total disgust most of the time. People should be voting for the good of the country, or failing that in their own and their children’s best interests. In most cases they are voting with out even considering the good of the country or knowing if a particular candidate is in those interests in mind, because they don’t actually pay attention until they get to the voting booth and then it’s too late. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/5/2008 10:41:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I think this is what has me confused. > When we elect what passes for a government, Parliament is dissolved, the > campaigning runs for about a month, then we pick the least offensive option. > I don't understand what the primarys are supposed to accomplish. > > William Robb > > =========== > Yes, you do. > > We don't have a parliamentary system. I think our system is unique. Though I > think some may have copied it since. Three branches, Congress, Supreme > Court, President. The first two can make laws, the last can't. But basically > the > idea is Congress makes laws, the Supreme Court interprets them when there is > a > conflict, and the President is like the CEO, he runs the show, but doesn't > actually make laws. Checks and balances. > > Primaries are to determine the nominee for each party, the Democratic and > Republican. Third parties have been a small blib on the screen, never really > taken hold. And Independents, which have grown in numbers. > > Me, I think a six or eight party system would be just dandy, but it's never > really materialized. > > Nothing wrong with the parliamentary system, but that's not the way this > country was set-up. > > We are one big country with tons of people, so it takes awhile to get around > to all the states and it takes a while to hear the candidates and it takes a > while for them to line up votes. On the whole, it works. Sometimes it > doesn't work as well as we would like. > > I've been watching the political scene for a long, long time now, and even > when I despair, in the end, I usually feel it works to a large degree. I > also > started voting as soon as I was old enough and have voted in every election, > local and national, since. > > It works best when people vote. Apathy is when it works least. > > Marnie > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
