03-14-2015, 03:35 PM
(03-14-2015, 08:44 AM)Hammerskjold Wrote: Last I looked most USofA-ricans don't particularly like the idea of "divine right of kings and or queens" and such. I think you guys might have even fought a war over it a long time ago or something.True. It's just that now, the nobility attempts to blend with the commoners (around election time), who wouldn't otherwise be caught dead in Iowa. Unless, they actually happen to have moved there in order to be their duly anointed representatives. There is a semblance of a democratic-like process, at least enough of one to fool the simple common folk. But, every four years, they all scratch their heads and wonder how we are again stuck with Clinton v. Bush. Look beyond the designated toady du jour, to the vast money rich political machinations behind them, like NRA, AIPAC, Soros, Koch, Adelson, Richard Mellon Scaiffe, Warren Buffet more lately.
Politicians know how these elections work, and who butters their buns.