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Originally Posted by OliviaHoward
No, only we can. We are the ones that elect them, and all we've done since Nixon was vote against or my personal favorite vote blindly because my daddy was a Democrat / Republican or insert whatever absurd reason people vote party lines when the candidate has little or no affiliation with the Party or the People. If we would vote the person not the Party or worse the politico, we'd be a lot farther down the road to financial and ethical health in our country.
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I so agree. Here is whats so sad and daunting about Americans these days, they are apathetic. I was having a conversation with a next door neighbor the other day at a community pool, and asked what they thought about the supreme court decision, and the response was..."I really am not much into politics, I have no idea what your talking about".
I went on to tell him what happened and asked if he was voting for Romney or Obama and his response was.."I guess Romney, but I haven't kept up with whats going on with him" So I said, so your just voting for him just for the sake of voting for him? No real reason behind that decision? He said not really, he is a Republican and I guess I have always voted Republican. Another next door neighbor who I take walks with said she is voting for Obama primarily because he is black (she herself is an AA), but she had no real reason other than that and she too claims she doesn't get into politics and half the time does't really care.
Bottom line is they all will eventually care when it adversely affects them, but by that time it might be too late for them to start paying attention and taking and interest in whats going on with our country.
You're right, Ekim. I should have known better.
