Letters to the Editor
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The views of the majority of Americans are now completely irrelevant
Over the last six years, all of those safeguards have failed completely.
Libby knew very well of this outcome and that was predictable when his defense team suddenly decided not to call Dick Cheney as a witness in return for the “get out of jail free card” they received today. This is not surprising.
What is surprising is that candidates like Thompson so emphatically support a decision that is so unpopular with the American people – only 21% support it.
Why do all the Republican candidates act as if they no longer have to appeal to the majority of the American people? (This attitude goes way beyond Republican Primary political pandering.)
Our election process is supposed to be one of our other safeguards to prevent abuses, but the Republican Party acts as if it is just one more rule and tradition that does not apply to them, or to their grasp on power.
All of them act as if this hopelessly corrupt system will continue unabated and cannot be corrected by the “will of the people” in an election. They have come to regard the majority of Americans as completely irrelevant. This attitude is frightening.