Yes so now with another election approaching and the candadites paradeing around as if in some type of MEANINGLESS dog show and the best bred and the prettiest will be ordained king of america for 4 years and like a dog he will be led around by the elite special interests that put him there.

Daveb..... As far as my being content with the way things are, I am not. That is one of the reasons I always vote; I keep hoping that my vote will bring some change. However, I hope I have made you realize the difference between idealism and reality.

I do agree with that part of your post wherein you state we actually do not elect our officials anymore. That is correct since the only people we are permitted to vote for are the ones that the officials of the Demoratic and Republican Parties nominate. Look at this business of delegates on the part of both parties. It is akin to the Electoral College in that the vote of the majority means nothing.

In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors, based on each state's total number of representation in Congress. Each elector gets one electoral vote. For example, a large state like California gets 54 electoral votes, while Rhode Island gets only four. All together, there are 538 Electoral votes.

In December (following the general election), the electors cast their votes. When the votes are counted on January 6th, the Presidential candidate that gets more than half (270) wins the election. The President-elect and Vice President-elect take the oath of office and are inaugurated two weeks later, on January