Abraham Lincoln said he was the last President that would ever be elected by the people. He knew that the money of powerful people would decide who wins on election day.
Don’t try to tell me you don’t see this from the local level on up.
Watching the media, I have become convinced that all the hype from both liberal and conservative media folks is just to keep us divided so it isn’t so obvious what is going on. We are duped by these talkers into thinking we are playing a part in the process when we are not. If they were true to their ideals it would be more like an 80/20 difference in the polls instead of always so close.
I see very little difference between a Romney or Obama presidency. I see GREAT difference if Ron Paul were President, but the media will not allow him to be heard by the people. He doesn’t have enough money to go around the media and make his message heard.
The rich and powerful buy up media to make sure they control the message. So called Conservative media like Fox, Glenn Beck, Limbaugh are not going as far as a real conservative media would go if they really want a real conservative to win. They are only going far enough to keep us divided and make sure their guy (one from either party) wins.
“Watching the media, I have become convinced that all the hype from both liberal and conservative media folks is just to keep us divided so it isn’t so obvious what is going on. We are duped by these talkers into thinking we are playing a part in the process when we are not...”
And so on. Yeah, I know, of course it never was supposed to be about every single individual playing a significant role. In fact, it was the very opposite of that. We need not go over the subtleties of the electoral process, though. Suffice to say that if the people are too lazy, ignorant, duped, or whatever, not to elect people with foreign allegiances, the answer may be to take decisions out of their hands. But then we wouldn’t be a republic, as designed.
The Framers took some decisions out of our hands, but not all of them. Just because they didn’t want us electing presidents with foreign allegiances does not mean it is unconstitutional for citizens bron with the ability to be citizens of other countries to be president.
“I see very little difference between a Romney or Obama presidency”
Me too.
“but the media will not allow him to be heard by the people. He doesn’t have enough money to go around the media and make his message heard.”
One of the reasons he doesn’t have enough money is that he’s not popular enough. I’m sick of the media conspiracy rationale for why he’s a marginal candidate. His name is out there; he’s in the debates. At some point, he has to get support on his own.
“The rich and powerful buy up media to make sure they control the message.”
What about everything else that the Constitution leaves up to the representative republican process? Hasn’t that been corrupted beyond belief by Evil Corporations and Fat Cats with their bought and paid for Robot Candidates, too? What’s the point of electing loyal presidents when they’re just gonna do whatever their money-grubbing overlords tell them, anyway?
Oh, so long as they’re American plutocrats, I guess it’s okay.