Reply #115: interesting take on democracy you have there ... [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

the point i made stands in spite of your undemocratic perspective ...

Kerry made a catastrophic error in judgment ... maybe if he'd hold regular public forums in Massachusetts, he'd have the benefit of more input from the voters ...

what's the point of your absurd comment anyway? do you think citizens shouldn't be involved in their government? do you believe we should just sit back and let representatives do whatever they think is best? do you think we shouldn't inform ourselves on the issues the best we can and then fight for our beliefs?

no, i don't expect Kerry or any other elected rep do to whatever i say ... is that what you got from my post? what i do expect is for them to be far less elitest and far more responsive to their constituencies ... Kerry should have held public forums on this critical issue ... he should have shared some of the things he was weighing and he should have debated and discussed Iraq, WMD and bush with his constituents ...

it's amazing to me, even in your misguided effort at sarcasm and humor, that you would offer your disdain for those of us who sought to participate in the process and do the best we could for the country ...

the bottom line here, in the context of this thread's OP, was that by 20 - 1 of those who took the time to contact Kerry, we were not deceived by bush's lies and we foresaw, using our best judgment and the information available, that a vote for the IWR would be a vote for war and that a vote for this war would become an international catastrophy ... for whatever reason, Kerry did not come to the same conclusions as those who tried to steer him to a different path ...