Reply #66: There's one big difference from '79-80. [View All]

They didn't have the ability to rig the tallying process like they do now. Why do we continue to forget that fact? Has anything really changed since '04? Any Democrat with a serious chance at winning would have to be a part of the power elite that in effect run election outcomes now. If not a part of it, then if he/she becomes someone to contend with, someone who could be made to buy into the status quo as it stands today.
I admire, truly, the spirit for the desire for change that is displayed here; and I hate to be someone who seems to want to dampen any enthusiasm we all may have to work for a better future. But it wasn't long ago we all were up in arms about the fraud of an election that took place in '04. Has anything changed since then? Has the ability to effect a desired outcome by a small group in the tallying process suddenly vaporized into thin air? Until we realize we no longer have the power to effect change through the electoral process, I'm afraid all of this drumbeating is just so much hopeless noise.:banghead: