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| Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Barack Obama? |
| 2008-07-30 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 tw, Yet. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-07-30 23:47 |
| #6 Unfortunately US elections are nothing more than a glorified popularity contest. Rarely do actual issues come into play, which is why we have a RINO like McCain in the position he's in. Truly. As I believe dear Winston Churchill once said, "Democracy is a terrible system, better than which does not exist." The American two-party system is set up not so that the best man wins, but the one that most areas of the country agree is the least bad of the options set before us. Everybody has to compromise to make this work, including the person who eventually takes the oath of office before God and his fellow citizens. This is salutary in that it frustrates us all equally, and has worked well enough for the last ~2.25 centuries that not once has someone felt forced to overthrow it by force of arms. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-30 20:24 |
| #5 Paris Hilton and Britney Spears have "round heels," alley cat morals, and sleeziness in common. Oh, you mean that "celebrity and being shallow" is the common denominator. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-30 18:49 |
| #4 "Just because you are a Celebrity doesn'y mean you're ready to lead" > OUCH! Surely he's NOT referring to 'Cuzin PARIS. OF COURSE YOU KNOW THIS MEANS WAR! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 17:45 |
| #3 Just remember, a two party system is only one party away from a dictatorship. However true that statement is ridiculously misleading. Show me a multiparty state that has managed stability like two party governments manage. It is very rare. Coalition governments are precarious to say the least. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-07-30 17:04 |
| #2 Unfortunately US elections are nothing more than a glorified popularity contest. Rarely do actual issues come into play, which is why we have a RINO like McCain in the position he's in. Did you vote ibn teh primaries? No? Then stop whinning. We, Europeans have no word in deciding which will be our candidate. All we can do is vote for the guy our betters in the Parry have selected. And what is describe is teh French system who is one of the less undemocratic in Europe. Most countries use proportioanl ssytems who give still far less power to the people than the French systems. Now go in front of the White House and in atonment go around it ten times while falagellating yourself. :-) |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-07-30 14:59 |
| #1 Unfortunately US elections are nothing more than a glorified popularity contest. Rarely do actual issues come into play, which is why we have a RINO like McCain in the position he's in. I'll be voting against Sen. Obama, however I will not be voting FOR Sen. McCain. Just remember, a two party system is only one party away from a dictatorship. |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-07-30 14:49 |