The elections are just a few months away. Maybe we should wait and see how it goes before we with go with giving up on elections completely.
Wait till the debt commission study comes out. That will make everyone happy, right?? :)
So did all those freepers put their money in the Euro ???
The elections are just a few months away. Maybe we should wait and see how it goes before we with go with giving up on elections completely.
Oh... don't get me wrong... I'm for the ballot box and I think that's where the "action is at". It's unfortunate that we don't have better representation for our views at the ballot box, as it seems that the voting electorate is almost evenly split. However you want to represent what is going on at the ballot box, it remains true that many liberals and Marxists and socialists do get elected -- and that's basically the fault of the "voting electorate".
BUT, I still say that we must fight the battle at the ballot box and also by "making more conservatives" in society. And if we can't do that and/or can't win at the ballot box, in the first place -- then not being able to win still doesn't justify going to "armed revolution" -- I don't think.
I mean, that's what voting is supposed to be about, in that a larger majority of people believe that they should have certain representatives in the legislature and have certain policies in the government -- and if it turns out that we can't convince a larger majority for our issues -- then it just means "we're on the losing side". We'll have to keep working at it until we become the "winning side".
HOWEVER, I'm also told by other FReepers that we won't be having any elections coming up this Fall. They ask me why I think that I'm even going to be able to vote this Fall. But, I did hear the same kind of "talk" when Clinton reached his term limit, too ... :-)