>  WD> You haven't asked for my opinion, but anyway.
> 
> I was asking for everyone's opinion. Who do you like from the running 
dems?
> 
>  WD> I think in the USA too much emphasis is put on the presidency 
and not
>  WD> enough on "We, The People..."..
> 
> I think I understand what you mean. We can't just get the president 
we want
> and expect them to fix everything without Congress & US Senate. The 
lack of
> interest in Congress & Senate could be why we have such ridiculous 
people
> getting elected. 
> 
> I'm guilty of it, on a local level. On the last ballot I filled out, 
there
> were candidates for local offices who I knew nothing about. There was 
even
> one section with a local Democrat who was running with no opponent, 
so I
> voted for her with the logic that "If this lady wants to do the job, 
but
> nobody else does, then why not?"

I've been saying for thirty years that what we need is a "none of these 
crooks" option on the ballot - that counts.  I read that the option was 
tried in a local election long ago and that 'none' got more votes than 
any of the other candidates on the ballot
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