On Thu, 26 May 2005 12:00:08 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

First we would have to vote on who they are allowed to run, I don't see
anyone there right now I would vote for, not hillary, not kerry, not even
the congressman or senator who is "mine", it feels like someone else put him
in office (in deed the largest developer here donates to his campaign and my
elected official are bending over for him constantly--and the issues are
somehow ever blocked from getting onto the ballot to be reversed)--he has
done nothing for me... hope he has helped someone somewhere... what has your
congressman done for you?


That's just it. At the federal level, very little of what happens
directly benefits me (Unless we're talking about tax cuts). I
understand that I'm just one voice, and that my congressperson has no
obligation to consider my needs before those of thousands of other
people. To that end, I vote for people who share my "core values" and
political ideology. In that way, I can be reasonably sure they won't
do anything to seriously **** me off.


Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj