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I have become very disillusioned with the whole electoral process and do not believe it is anything more than a charade to appease the masses - making people think they still have some power when we actually have close to none. And the power we do have, for the most part, people are not willing to make use of. So I have a difficult time getting excited about any candidate, in any party, and about the elections. It was made clear to us in the past 2 elections that our votes do not count and often times won't even be counted.
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I completely agree. I started off by registering as a Democrat when I was 18. After years of working my ass off to put myself through college and then graduate school and then seeing people take advantage of all the social systems out there (example, food stamps, public assistance, etc.) I registered as a Republican.* Today, I am neither. I hesitate to even call myself an Independent because it too is becoming amost a party with peolple of a certain political bent calling themselves this. I tend to be liberal in many of my views, but staunchly support our rights to be armed. Hell, we don't know when we are going to need to defend ourselves from our own government, the way things are going. I am so sick of being lyed to by politicians in general, I have become really jaded and cynical.

There was a time when I thought my vote made a difference. I don't know anymore. With all the shenanigans that went on during the last election and all the corruption on both sides of the aisle, I feel abandonned and betrayed by my country's own political system. I know a lot of other callers to talk radio say they feel the same way.

* This reminds me- I heard a joke once, "What is the diffrence between a Democrat and a Republican? A Republican is a Democrat that's been mugged"
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Original Message OK, now we could wax political instead of posting off topic at our usual haunt.

A couple of posters at the other thread had said they like Ron Paul. I don't know that much about him, but like him over all the other Repugs running. I also like Kuchinich on the Dems side. I loved Obama at one point, even signed up to be contacted to help with his campaign. Then he started talking all sorts of crap about bombing Iran and I stopped liking him as much. I hope Gore throws his hat into the ring. There's a website www.draftgore.com where people could sign a petition to see if he will run. Don't know how much that will do. I am really afraid for the future of my country. Nothing but crap on the horizon.

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