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robtcohen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
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> Keep reading, because I'm turning cliches upon themselves.
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> I've run & lost for the U.S. State of Georgia legislature thrice (count
> 'em).
>
Georgia is a state with a long history of
politicians explaining why powerless people
are happy and satisfied. First it was slavery
then segregation. Now you continue the tradition
by explaining how wonderful it is that the voters
lack effective representation.
According to James Madison, politics is primarily
about interests, and the interests of politicians
such as yourself, are very different from the common
interests of U.S. voters.
You may not wish to admit it but the politician is not
the voters friend. The voter is the politician's boss,
and employees tend to resent their boss. Not only
that - but for whatever reason you were rejected as
unfit for employment.
When peoples interests differ strongly, there is little
reason to engage in further discussion. My true audience
is the voters of any nation, and by voters I mean people
who's vote is their primary form of political power.
My purpose is to help them to understand the situation
of the U.S. voter. The voters of all nations have
common interests that differ from those of the political
class. I do thank you for helping to confirm that fact.
Since political power influences the survival, health,
and economic well being of the voters and their children -
it is no wonder that you lost.
Your limited interest in representative government implies that
you would serve the interests of the voter little better than
the slave master served the interests of the slave. If you really
are a member of, or closely associated with, the professional
political class - I am surprised that you used your real name!
I think that the voters would agree with John Adams view of
political representation rather than yours.
"[Legislatures in the United States] should be an exact
****trait, in miniature, of the people at large, as it
should think, feel, reason, and act like them."
-- John Adams
Jack
"The case for pro****tional representation is
fundamentally the same as that for representative
democracy. Only if an assembly represents the full
diversity of opinion within a nation can its decisions
be regarded as the decisions of the nation itself."
Attribution: Encyclopedia Britannica
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