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"Viviane" <vivianepb_@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> patycat311@hotmail.com wrote:
>> X-No-archive: yes
>>
>> Tomorrow Vote
>>  if you do not vote   do not be bitching all over the place that the 
>> people
>>  they elected in are are doing a poor job
>
> 1) What's the point of voting if you expect all of them to do a poor
> job anyway?
> 2) What's the point of voting if your vote doesn't count because you
> live in the "wrong" riding?
> 3) What's the point of voting if the people who have the REAL power
> aren't our elected officials?
>
> I've got better things to do tomorrow.

> Viviane


"Oh woe is me, what's the point of getting out bed?"

If you expect all of them to do a poor job, then your expectations are based 
on expectations that cannot possibly be met.  While they are not perfect, 
most politicians do try to do a good job.

There is no such thing as the wrong riding.  Political parties that acheive, 
I beleive it's 5% of the vote, receive $1.25 in funding.  Thus, when you 
vote, even if the party that is most representative of your ideals does not 
win, you are advancing their ability to do so in the future.

Make no mistake about it, the politicians are the ones with the real power. 
They are able to be influenced for special interests only because of the 
attitude of people who don't see the point of voting and being actively 
invovled in politics in a meaningful fashion on an ongoing basis.