What are your feelings about having everyone in the nation vote (well if they want to vote...like the presidential elections) as to whether or not we should get out of Iraq..???
What are your feelings about having everyone in the nation vote (well if they want to vote...like the presidential elections) as to whether or not we should get out of Iraq..???
Only if the media is forced to tell the whole story of what's going on.
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You get more with a kind word and a two by four, than you do with just a kind word.
America isn't a direct democracy. It's a republic, where our elected representatives decide such matters for us, or 'in our name.' Therefore, I would be opposed to your idea because it goes against the form of government outlined in our Constitution.
If the war was so bad, the Dems in Congress would simply repeal the resolution giving Bush the authority to make war in Iraq. But they don't have the ability to do so.
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yeah, I'm all for our representatives actually listening to us... but I don't think it would be in the countries best interest to start going by majority rules, too many uneducated voters would be swung by the mainstream media and all the private interests behind them.
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If we were to let people vote directly on such important matters, I would at a minimum want to see qualifying tests for intelligence and civic awareness. Especially for intelligence.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
PRAIRIE FIRE by William Ayers: Obama's guide to destory America
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