| It could also be that the elections are rigged from the start.
Doesn't it strike you as odd that regardless of the mood of the country the votes are almost always around 50-50 with a miniscule portion of the vote going to "third parties". The two parties seem to be deliberately run in direct opposition to each other (to give each political side a favorite) yet they seem to change very little of the way things are run when they get a majority in Congress. When the public is angry about something, they are always appeased by some "feel good" yet meaningless legislation or other change which one side take the credit for, while anything bad is always blamed on the other. This can only be accomplished when the "good" and "bad" parties are essentially equal in size, giving the appearance that YOUR side fought the good fight to bring goodness and niceness to the country in spite of the nasty old "bad" party.
Plus, as I've often said, who REALLY knows which votes are cast for which candidate? When you speak with other Americans, most will complain about the government, but they seem to keep the same people in power every time. Are the majority of Americans THAT STUPID (as I believe), or are the Democrat and Republican parties really both sides of the same coin? When you screw up as often as our fearless leaders do, the chance is good that eventually the people might just wise up enough to replace you, unless you ensure your continued power by cooking the books on election day.
They CAN rig the whole process, because they ARE the process, and it would be stupid to NOT use everything at your disposal to guarantee your survival.
Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots. |