There's no difference over here, you vote or you don't. Vote dem, rep, independent, doesn't matter, the same corrupt idiots win.

Fancy that less than 50% of people vote... shouldn't nobody get elected?

lol yeh I guess so.

So the majority who dont vote win is that what you're saying sir?

To vote or not to vote. Im not too fond of the political parties in this country so maybe when I emigrate I will vote.

then you should get more people to vote. I did think it was funny though that Bush beat gore when he actually lost by about a half million votes.... that was kidna interesting.

i painstakingly bore a Ted Razcka sign and passed out fliers all day in Durham yesterday.. now if you know anyting about Durham and CTs politics youd know that being a democrat or black there is like being in the belly of the beast. We still lost, but at least we didnt lose by a ton like we anticipated... and hopefully after the pro business repub fuckwads fuck this country up in the next 2 years people will come to thier senses and never make that mistake again.

I've heard that this hasn't happened in 50 years... the last time; was that before, during, or after McArthy's reign of terror?

What scares me the most is all of the news and Republican officials saying that Bush is now "free to pursue his agenda."

Basically, anything the Repubs want to pass, they can. It's an oligarchy; the Republican party is in power.

(Oh, and the only thing I wanted to happen in the election was for as close to a stalemate as possible to happen; and I'm too fed up with the system to vote; there isn't a "change the government" option ).

It's not an ogliarchy. The people were elected.

By as little as 49% of the voting population in some cases.

I'm just saying the system's bunk.

Some people just don't vote. I have two friends that didn't vote, one because he was registered at a booth really far away, the other because he was working. That's their choice. It's hardly the fault of the people in office.

But, isn't the goal of democracy for the people to choose, not the ones that vote choose? Also, should 51%, or even 49% be enough to elect someone?

The piont of Democracy is that those who want to voice their opinions can do so (although we actually have a Democratic-Republic, not a straight-out Democracy). Those who do not vote abstain by default. Abstensions are traditionally not tallied at all in votes. So if 50% of the population votes and 80% of thsoe that vote vote for a certain cantidate, that cantidate has 80% of the votes, not 40%.

The elections went fairly well. Enough so that we can undo the Brady Bill and other gun control laws passed by the communist Clinton Administration.

In the meantime screwing the economy. I wonder, are you pro-Republican, or just anti-Democrat? Is it just a "lesser of two evils" thing?

Yeah, I've been having problems figuring that one out.

Is it true that becuase bush has so many people in congress he can now rubber stamp anything he wants?

If so... im moving to a radiation proof bunker.

Not necessarily...only if Congress passes it, which is never a certainty...

Still i think i'll be moving to that bunker just incase.. if bush starts to push through a law called the 'Abolitions of parties act or the autonomy act' run, as thats what hitler passed just after he became chancellor.

Yeah, that there would be a warning flag...