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JulieorSarah -> RE: It's A National Epidemic! (8/27/2008 1:31:53 AM)
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Thanks BlackPhx, the US voting system is a mystery to me ... the Electoral College etc ... and that it's voluntary to vote!
if you drive a car you must have a licence in most countries ... for safety. i sincerely believe if you live in a democacry it should be compulsory to vote ... or leave the democracy/country. it's compulsory to vote here ... or rather have your name marked off the electoral role, then handed the ballots, if you leave them blank or how you fill them out is upto you ... then place them in the ballot box. a very small price to pay ...
if we'd had the problem with the vote count you had with Bush, we'd just have another election ... don't understand why that just didin't happen.
it seems that the politicians only cater for those that vote ... if it's compuslory to vote, the politicians have to cater for the whole electorate ... so much of the 'campaign funds' in the US seem to be focused on motivating people to vote ... that doesn't happen here. The AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) does that, and fines you if you don't. Like if you drive without a licence.
yes Clinton, i didn't care what he did with Monica from the perspective of being a President. I objected because he put himself into a position where he could be blackmailed, and under the influence of others ... overall i feel he was a good President, lousy husband, but that's from looking here, outside the square of the US. GW ... is still bounded by that square ... he needs to look at the global board.
(NB: memo to self ... try not to step up on the soap box so quickly.)
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