Monkey Politics = World in Crisis; Candidates in Denial

[L. Coyote]

Guideline for US campaigns: "Monkey politics works ... monkeys prefer to hoot, howl, and throw feces rather than use logic."

March 6, 2007
Monkey Politics = World in Crisis; Candidates in Denial
By SAUL LANDAU

http://www.counterpunch.org/landau03062007.html

With each presidential election US politics drifts further down the proverbial Egyptian river: Global warming; Middle East mess; deterioration of infrastructure and simultaneous disappearance of safety net; the decay of habeas corpus and First Amendment -- signposts of democracy. Indeed, 2008 presidential aspirants have yet to acknowledge the shady 2004 Ohio voting process that made Bush a winner. Voting for President, chief manager of the global empire ­nee democratic republic -- has become dubious.

In 1960, thousands of dead Chicago voters decided Kennedy's victory over Nixon. ....

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[illinoisprogressive]

1. Hey, we here in Illinois have a long proud tradition of letting our dead vote.