[Peace-discuss] Bob Blum, again

[C. G. Estabrook]

I think this ignores the sophistication of the US system, unparalleled in the world.  Imagine taking a people who think they live in a democracy, with an anti-war majority, presenting them with a run-off between two pro-war candidates, and getting away with it?  That's remarkable.  --CGE 

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>Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:25:46 -0600
>From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>  
>
>   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.
>   …
>   The rest is interesting also.
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