riverman wrote:
"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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"jeffc" wrote in message
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Huh? Doesn't sound like you read my post. In any case, granted I was
thinking in my lifetime. And there is really no escaping the fact that
that label of morality police goes to Republicans, not Democrats. With
respect to hypocrisy, I was trying to make a point about morality
policing, not hypocrisy in general.
I think that Steve was trying to point out the neither the Dems nor the
Repubs are worthy of our votes. I could be wrong about Steve's post, but
that's the way I read it.

In any case, thats a horrible point of view, as it ensures the status quo.

And historically, have Americans ever felt so dispondent about the policial
process? If we lose complete faith (in reality, not just rhetorically) in
the our political system, this could be the start of the end of the 'great
experiment'.

So-called third-party voters are dupes. They'd rather sit on
the sidelines and throw spitwads at the players on the field
than get into the game. Like it or not we have a two-party
system in this country, it's the only game in town and it is
not going to change in the foreseeable future. Several things
would have to happen to change the system we've created: the
Supreme Court overturns Buckley v. Valeo and Moore v. Ogilvie,
the 17th Amendment is repealed and the Constitution is amended
to allow proportional representation. In other words, it ain't
gonna happen.

Meanwhile there's a football game going on and one of the teams
is playing with 9 players because some folks are peeved at
football in general and decide to go sit in a corner and play
tiddly-winks.

--
Ken Fortenberry