Reply #27: The same vise as always

[bread_and_roses]

why do you think people like me have voted for the "D" they didn't much like in every Presidential campaign?

It's interesting though....the chain of thought....we must vote for the Dem, no matter how feeble, and we must not criticise the Dems presented to us in the primary. Boy, that leaves a lot of room for small "d" democratic discussion, doesn't it?

Until and unless we have public funding of elections and something like instant-run-off elections (though even public funding alone would go a long way) we'll be in the same old catch 22. And people wonder why some get tired of it and blow off steam about refusing to vote for thus and such? Natural human reaction.

More important than the natural frustration of people who are politically engaged and most likely, in the end, to pull the "D" lever no matter how far the candidate from anyone who represents them on critical issues is that the we can't put up a candidate who inspires any trust or hope in the - 50%? or whatever the number - who can't be bothered to vote at all, knowing that it's not going to make much difference to them in their bread and butter issues.