>>>Still, the best electoral system the money can buy.
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>>No, it's a terrible system. If you want TRUE democracy, you should try Russia! Please do!
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>And even if you're joking, John, this is the kind of comment that attacks the patriotism of liberals. Because we suggest that things aren't as they should be, we're told that we're un-American.
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>Tamar

Oh, it wasn't a joke. It was in response to Dragan's constant droning and complaining about the US and then acting as though we should be doing it the way Russia, or the Communists do it. My response is this - if you are not a US citizen, and you are here making a living, shut the ___ up and just leave, if you don't like our country. There are thousands who would love to take your place in the great country, even if we aren't perfect. He has no right to talk about our country, while touting his failed socialistic society.

Here's something Ronald Reagan said in his "tear down this wall" speech, about the communists that was 100% true -

"In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind--too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor."


Liberals aren't the only ones who think things are wrong with our country. We conservatives have an idea that a lot is wrong too, but we take pride in our country, and we believe in defending it. Liberals believe they can talk people into playing nice. History doesn't support that. The only way to stay soverign, is to stay strong.