Originally Posted by handlewanker  Wow TomB, you sure know how rotton your political system is .....
... and Bush as Vice President ....
Ian. |
I believe that most of what I wrote, with the exception of the comments on super delegates at the Democratic Convention, is applicable to all of the western 'democracies'. The problem at the core is how the techniques of advertising can be use to manipulate public opinion. That does not make the public dumb, it is just well researched techniques that can 'spin' the argument and sway opinion via psychology that works on all groups.
I also noticed that you are a bit behind when it come to American elections. Although the constitution was originally written so that the runner-up in the election became the vice president that process was changed in 1804. Now the president and vice president are elected as a pair and the losing pair either goes home, continues in their old jobs, or perhaps becomes noisy talking heads as did Gore and Palin.
Tom