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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (425895)	7/11/2003 8:44:16 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Buddy, Re: what if we had elections and 'no one came', because they believed voting in the face of such corruption was a pointless exercise? We are halfway there. Half of the adult population in the U.S. has already excluded themselves from the electoral process on a voluntary basis. Most are apathetic because they either cynically, or naively, don't think that their vote really matters. Of course the cynic who summed up the situation decades ago was H.L. Mencken. He said: "There's really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal." I haven't become quite that cynical yet, though after 2000, I'm not sure why not. ;) ******** Re: What if everyone showing up at the elections demanded paper ballots... because the machines can't be trusted? The Republicans wouldn't get the results they hoped for.