When are they going to do away with elections altogether? Why maintain the pretense anymore?

[valerief]

I'd better start learning Chinese. We are now China.

[wtbymark]

1. or Italian

[valerief]

2. They hung Mussolini. nt

[Blue State Blues]

3. elections are good theatre.

And muckraking campaigns serve to keep most people disgusted and disinterested with politics in general. Elections will continue. Just not meaningful ones.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Maybe they should conduct them like auctions. The highest bidder gets to seat their candidate.

[old mark]

5. I thought that's how it worked now.....wait, maybe I'm thinking of Congress.....nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. You've Hit on Quite an Idea....

Screw Elections, we'll just be HONEST and sell seats in the House and Senate. Think of the revenue that would bring in -- and we'd be saving the taxpayers the time and considerable expense of holding all those damned elections.

Who the hell says you can't put a price on Freedom?!

For Sale: Seat in the United States House of Representatives for the 5th Congressional District of Wisconsin. And instead of that nincompoop Jim Sensenbrenner, I could be getting a Corporate Overlord who (ironically) might provide better representation that what I'm getting now.

[The Wizard]

13. If the taxpayers purchase a seat

and the representative or senator fails to perform can the purchased congressman or senator be returned for a full refund?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. Like the taxpayers could AFFORD a seat!

Don't make me laugh!

:sarcasm:

[harun]

7. They have no reason to end them because they pick who the two options are.

They win before the vote ever gets to take place.

[timeforpeace]

8. Somehat silly since we hold the White House and both Houses of Congress.

[AlinPA]

11. After November the OP won't be silly. Billions to the republicans will change that.

[timeforpeace]

16. The same billions will go to Dems. Donors hedge their bets.

[Saphire]

9. They'll keep up the pretense as long as stupid freepers think THEY are

the ones running things.

[slackmaster]

10. If that's really how you feel, please stop voting

It will make my vote count ever so much more.

[hulka38]

12. These corporations aren't even American anymore. In fact, they're unamerican.

[Hekate]

14. Silly girl: We'll still have the vote every 2 and 4 years. It's just that Diebold will count them.

:evilgrin:

Hekate

[BeFree]

15. Thanks

Good to know someone around here knows the score and who keeps it.