Re: Making Democracy Real-Wildly Expensive,Dubiously Effective Political Ad Machine

In article <8c07e01ce6598fea23b408e72056ba8e@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:

Writers who examined the US electoral democracy had came up with
variElection is less about "we the people". More about the candidates.
vaiour descriptions. One of them is per James Bovard is Reverse Slave
Auction.
>
"Elections are reverse slave auctions in that people are permitted a
nominal voice in choosing who will exercise ownership rights over them.
But once the winner is sworn into office, the candidate's campaign
promises do nothing to curb his power. The moment the bidding ends and a
winner is declared, the illusion that the slaves are running the show
vanishes." (ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY)

Um, no.

I don't bother responding to most of the BS posted here, but oh yeah, that's what it is.