Freedom might not come back, because freedom requires that the people have honor and integrity. As the Republican Senate s cave-in during Clinton s Impeachment proved, too many of our politicians now put their careers ahead of both party and country. This once seemed absurd, but today look at the company McCain keeps and the Leftist interests he advances. But at least I want to preserve a fair democratic choice between Right and Left. Unlike McCain I did not call it a poison pill when Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah proposed letting stockholders as well as union workers, as the Beck decision called for, decide whether a politician they dislike will be given the fruits of their labor or investment.
Voter turnout trends downward election after election.
We often fail even to achieve a quorum of eligible voters, as your column has argued, and hence those elections should not even count. The Democrats, for example, want the public disgusted with both candidates and nothing in this reform will open the door to Third Party choices, Right or Left. Democrats know that labor unions and DNC contributions to groups like Jesse Jackson s can bring out enough voters to win if the majority of potential voters are disgusted enough to stay home. We should outlaw all soft money. We should outlaw all hard money.