[Peace-discuss] Bob Blum, again

[Morton K. Brussel]

 From The Anti-Empire Report:  http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/ 
2008-01/15blum.cfm


…No, I don't know what we should do about our leaders. The US  
electoral process which we're all suffering through right now, which  
feels like it's been going on non-stop forever, is replete with  
continual cries from the leading candidates about some kind of  
"change". Whatever can they mean? They mean nothing. And the media  
treats it all like some kind of horse race, a spectator sport. Is  
there any election system in this world as lacking in intellectual  
discussion, as hopelessly corrupted by money, and as undemocratic as  
the one Americans are blessed with? Where else in the world is the  
candidate with the most votes not necessarily the winner? If we could  
interview each and every American voter to determine exactly why they  
voted for a particular candidate, compared to what the actual facts  
are about that candidate, and the results were widely publicized, it  
would be such a national embarrassment the next election might be  
called off. What does winning an election mean other than that the  
sales campaign was successful? An outright auction for the presidency  
would be more efficient, and more honest.
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The rest is interesting also.

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