To: BurbankKarl
When you're in first grade, if the person who got the second-most votes became class leader, the kids would recognize that this is not a fair system," he saidBad analogy. Either these politicians are completely ignorant, or they are banking that the voters are.
To: GSWarrior; Brad's Gramma
well, he does represent Santa Ana....more voters there will cast ballots in the Mexico elections than the US races.
To: GSWarrior
"or they are banking that the voters are."
By and large, the voters are woefully ignorant of our system and the reasons for its establishment. Most people don't even know that Senators were not elected by popular vote in the original Constitution.
Carolyn
244 posted on
06/01/2006 4:48:59 AM PDT by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: GSWarrior
"Either these politicians are completely ignorant, or they are banking that the voters are."
I don't see why this is necessarily an 'either/or' proposition:-)
285 posted on
06/02/2006 5:36:29 PM PDT by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA.)
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