The Illusion of Choice

[acptulsa]

This forum itself is very much like a political party. Or it used to be back when people here still gave a damn.

We'd choose our favorite candidates and then go support them on the streets and in the polls.

If the Republican Party is a public-private partnership, then so are we.

Well I guess that's only half nonsense. The GOP has strata. There's the grassroots stratum, and there's the lobbyist stratum that only waters and fertilizes the grassroots that stay within the fence.

 

[TheTexan]

For those who participate in the process/system.

But then there are those of us who no longer support candidates, or work the polls, or vote, and don't contribute time/money to any candidate. Yet we are still forced to pay for things that we don't want, need or agree to.

To my great shame, I did once donate money to a political candidate (Ron Paul).

That was the one and only, and last, time, I've ever participated in the process

 

[PAF]

To my great shame, I did once donate money to a political candidate (Ron Paul).

That was the one and only, and last, time, I've ever participated in the process

I was on the national campaign, won the delegate congressional districts hands down, and went to convention as a VIP. I was the one who sent mailers out with cd's included to every single national delegate in every state in the country urging them to support Ron Paul. Once I got to the convention I learned my lesson; Ron Paul was no longer Ron Paul anymore - he was "other", as they changed the rules midstream a couple of times to get rid of him.

And some folks actually believe that honest "voting" or hand ballots at the booth is going to make a difference?