Letters to the Editor
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Why vote? - The Small Town Hick
You raise a good issue. If the general election is Clinton v. McCain, there really is no reason to vote. Both candidates will be almost identical in policy and agenda. Only the names and party affiliations will be different. It’s like the old Chinese menu with a choice from Column A or Column B, it’s still the same Chinese food from the same kitchen.
In a fascist state, such has developed here stealthily over the last 30 years, part of the role of the media is to create such confusion, frustration and apathy among he electorate that fewer people vote. The less people vote, the fewer which notice how limited the choices actually are and the easier it is to run things.
Fascism is simply the corporations running the government, to paraphrase slightly Benito Mussolini regarding the merger of State and corporate power.
The photo today of Hillary Clinton and Rupert Murdoch* is very telling. He supports Hillary for the same reasons he supports the Republicans; there is no difference in any way except a perception on the part of the general public which is created by the media which he largely owns.
Basically in a “choice” between Clinton and McCain, it comes down to do you prefer Rupert Murdoch’s government with a pants suit or a traditional business suit?
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/12/hillary-fox-friendlier-t_n_86183.html