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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (14103)	11/27/2004 3:51:54 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I've had to register for the party I don't belong to in order to vote for/against the opposition candidate in the primary. For voters that in my state, this is a way that on balance the process, make it more centrist and increase the power of the individual's vote. Open primaries are democratic, closed primaries are anti-democratic. The Parties themselves have a lot to gain by polarizing people and forcing polarized candidate choices. It has become like religion in some ways... you are not "part" of the Party if you vote a split ticket. The choices for Christians contain the subtext "if we let the Democrats have their way, the atheists and Satanists will force your daughter into bi-racial lesbian relationships in order to abort her fetus for experimentation." The left can't do the same thing as effectively for any given faction because its underlying principle is to tolerate a great deal within society - to the point of discomfort. A look at the voting patterns shows that generally, high GDP-producing states with a more education selected Kerry, but not because of any particular policy of Kerry. It was a vote against BUSH. So, we end up with GWB and Kerry as opposed to real men of substance. The swing vote is all that matters and candidates say as little as possible to offend and repeat themselves often because the swing electorate is too ignorant to participate in debate or understand real issues. Did the issue of the credit bubble ever get discussed or that the US has experienced a 9% inflation rate for the past 10 years if you look at home, oil and gold prices or relative value compared to foreign currency? The only thing that has been cheap is the prices of imported luxury goods but now we are possibly faced with over-supply those and a level of debt that is not sustainable.