"The American people get the government they deserve."
Isn't that true, since we vote? Who do we blame if we make a bad choice, other than ourselves?
Are there any other general statements we could all agree on?
2006-10-05 02:35:34 · 7 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, I do agree to some extent with that statement.
I want to, for the first time publicly, go on record as saying the election in 2000 was not fixed or tampered with in any way, shape, form or fashion. What DID actually happen, was a great deal of people either misread or just simply did not spend the time needed to make sure they completely understood their ballot and how it worked, and was incompletely marked (made a dimple but did not push through the ballot) or not marked at all.
Contrary to popular belief, the election in 2000 was not stolen from Al Gore and given to George Bush, instead, there was a bunch of people who didn't have a clue at all on how to cast a valid, countable vote. There is not one person anywhere in this country that can successfully argue that any individual can look at a vote that either was not punched at all, or just simply had a series of dimples (marks not punched through) and be able to read that voters mind and know with even the smallest degree of accuracy how he or she intended to vote; to even suggest such a notion is in itself the greatest example of voter fraud.
As a result of those above mentioned things, a lot of votes did not get counted. I am so sick and tired of the victim complex that is flooding this country like a mighty, erosive river. There are so many watch dogs at these elections representing each and every person on the ballot that it is extremely hard to absolutely impossible to successfully pull off any kind of voter fraud.
2006-10-05 03:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by bowtierodz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Representative republic, not democracy. We elect representatives we hope and expect will do the will of the people. We as individual voters have no way of controlling what these representatives do once they are elected other than voting them out the next time. Try writing your Congressman to vote against a bill that benefits his big campaign contributor and you'll see this in practice.
2006-10-05 02:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mark M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could also argue that if the votes are tampered with, we cannot get the government we choose. Fact is many people believe that the votes were stolen, therefore we didn't deserve Bush.
2006-10-05 02:41:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be true if one person equaled one vote.. but that's not how the system is set up, and add to that now electronic voting ? ...no I don't think we do get the government we deserve..
2006-10-05 02:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by hardartsystems 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not true.
There are several elements of government that elected officals DO NOT CONTROL. Courts, gov't depts, secret projects, etc.
There is little anyone can do about it.
2006-10-05 02:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by Villain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, that's only really true if the election process is fair and incorruptible.
2006-10-05 02:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by missusjonz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My country, right or wrong
2006-10-05 02:38:43 · answer #7 · answered by 3810trebor@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋