I've made no secret of my disdain for our faulty two-party system. And I've made no secret that I voted for Ralph Nader in November (as well as four years ago). And Although I haven't been an opponent of President-Elect Obama, I fear that that may be the direction the two of us are headed in.
I voted for Barrack Obama in the Democratic Primaries. I listened to his speeches and was moved by his message. I honestly like what the man had to say. However, I didn't buy it. My wife calls me jaded and cynical, but I didn't (probably never will be able to) trust a man who was just another part of a political machine.
And now it seems that I have earned the right to say (at least to my wife) I told you so. When President-Elect Obama named Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, I knew that it was business as usual in Washington, or Chicago, or wherever the 'revolution' is being staged. Never have I seen such a power-hungry monster as the Clinton Political Machine, whose agenda basically consists of gathering political power and clout and cashing it in, in the name of the people.
This is just another reason why the American Political System has to be recycled. This broken down two-party system only works for politicians. The people, and that means YOU too, have to wake up and take the power back. I can sit here and complain about politicians forever, but it is the American people who enable this crooked system to remain, by our sheer laziness and complacency.
When are we going to learn.
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Hey name stealer, I noticed you linked to your "crazy sister", when are you going to link to me?
my word verifier is centsa, which I'm pretty sure is a misspelling of Mensa, which I could totally be in if I didn't think clubs like that were totally cliqish.
Here, here.
I voted for Nader the previous two times out. I voted for McCain this time. It was partially because I felt like he would screw the economy the least right now and would be less likely to support any more handouts. We've got a business in the family and we will be directly and significantly screwed by certain proposed Obama tax increases. (And we're under that magic $200,000 income level.)
But I mainly voted for him because I grew so sick of the brainwashed Obama supporters. What a joke. I think Obama is fine guy with charisma and polish and leadership skills. I think he will make a fine executive leader. But seriously people, he's a politician if there ever was one. He's NO DIFFERENT than the rest of the lot. In fact, you don't get elected to president after half a term in Congress without being a damn slick politician.
So my vote for McCain was largely a vote to make it clear that not everyone in this country was eating up the spoon-fed "change" baloney.
Real change would have been Ron Paul. But real change will never, ever, ever, ever make it on a Republican or Democrat ticket.
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