On May 22, 12:38*pm, Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
(Don Klipstein) wrote:

We ALL knew that anyway.
It's like saying politicians are corrupt and attention seekers.

* Then, why do we tend to re-elect incumbents?

* I have long suggested that the only way to get their attention is to
toss out EVERY incumbent regardless of party for at least two cycles.
The first round will probably be inevitably misinterpreted as being a
"mandate". The second around (especially if most first-term House
members bite the dust) might actually make an impression.



* If the citizens of USA want better government, then more citizens need
to make it to a voting booth on the days when a voting booth is open.

Yep. I firmly believe that Alexis de Tocqueville *was right and in a
Democracy the people get exactly the government they deserve.

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
*---PJ O'Rourke

Yes, you're right. We get very low turnouts over here too. They just
can't be bothered.