Quote Originally Posted by mkemse View Post
Every election we have had minus the Supreme Court ruling in 2000, has been decide by the American People, in 2000 The Court 'Gave" the Presidency To Bush, but aside from that, The American People be we right or wrong have always expressed our wants in elections, true we do not always make the right decsions, but at least we have the right to try
we do not have a prefect sytem, but our does at least work
Not knocking the system, just the choices.

Quote Originally Posted by ThisYouWillDo View Post
If your system is even faintly like ours, you aren't voting for what you want, but choosing between what's on offer. The least of available evils, perhaps.

Over here it's a choice between Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-dumber.

TYWD
This is more in line with my own thoughts. Except over here they aren't necessarily "dumb." It's "Damned if you do, damned if you don't." More a case of a strange Robin Hood: Take from the middle class and give to someone else. The right seems to take from us and line their own pockets, while trying to take away as many freedoms as they can. The left seems to take from us and, after taking an appropriate "finders fee," give the rest to those unable or unwilling to actually work for a living. Either way, the middle class loses.