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Originally Posted by Derwood
I don't entirely buy that. A politician can lie through his teeth to get elected, and then we're stuck with them for 2-6 years with no way to stop them. If you do your due diligence, vote with your brain, but then your candidate does the exact opposite of what you've elected them to do, you can't do a damn thing until the next election cycle.
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Doesn't this assume people aren't aware that politicians are dishonest, though? I'm not sure I buy that everyone's that naive. And I don't think it takes a rocket surgeon to realize that looking at a politician's record is a lot more useful than listening to his or her campaign pledges when it comes to the decision to vote for someone.