The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.
This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.
