Subject: Re: religion and presidency
From: Benjamin Samuels (madhava@sprynet.com)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2000 - 11:54:57 EST
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> Good lord. Ralph Nader's own party seems to put him up there against his
> will. The only effective politician is one connected enough to the power
> structure to direct it a little bit. I think in any given situation there
> are simply certain decisions that have to be made, and anyone in a
position
> to make them, and is competent, will see that. That's why the lines
between
> the parties seem blurred sometimes.
>
> Jim
I understand the point but... at this point our political system has become
corrupted by an ingrained cycle that the people making these decisions make
them in the interest of the money from corporate interests that gets them
elected and so is oriented towards making more profit for corporations, not
the happiness of the people. It's not that most of these politicians mean
badly, but it's become ingrained. Actually I think theres a lot of
frustrated politicians on both sides of the party lines. So, what I would
want in a president would be someone with the moral courage to act in what
they honestly felt was the interests of the people, including the half thats
not voting, not in the interests of corporate profit. Idealistic, surely.
Naive, probably. It's just not all that complicated though and it's about
time we started digging the system out this cycle. I'd like to believe that
Mccane would do that a bit, but Nader, though as you mention is really
running, would almost certainly do his best to act in the interest of the
people.
Love,
Madhava
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