Reply #109: I don't think that [View All]

I don't think voters are apathetic and uninformed, I think they are being lied to and their voices and access to information are being suppressed.

The party could easily work out guidelines to make democracy "manageable," from the grass roots up. I didn't know that the prime goal was to "manage" democracy. If order and control are more important than the people having a voice, then we are not really talking about democracy at all, are we?

As it is now, powerful corporate interests are making the calls.

If you presume that we are stuck with the current mass-media format for debates, then of course 1000 candidates would not be manageable by Wolf Blitzer et al. I don't think there is any danger of there being 1000 candidates, in any case, and the rank and file Democrats should decide who they do and do not want to listen to. These dog and pony show debates are pretty useless no matter how many candidates there are. If the candidates had a more effective and fair to reach voters, many of the problems you are trying to frighten us with would never come up. People would be more interested, and better informed, if the corporate interests were not controlling the process.

You are asking us to quit before we start, and under the guise of being "practical" and by using pejorative and insulting statements to discredit those who don't agree with you, you are asking us to not think and speak on this subject.

I resent your insinuation that because I do not agree with you, that I am therefore speaking platitudes, or bitching, or not being practical. You can't know that.