On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:16:40 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 6:37:03 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:18:27 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >"Jeßus" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Gary wrote:
>> >> >I vote the person, not the party. I'm not a party lemming.
>> >>
>> >> 'The person' is mostly just a figurehead. You can't just ignore the
>> >> rest of the party.
>> >
>> >I don't. Person is anyone running for any office to me. I don't ever
>> >want to see Pubs or Dems win the presidency, house and senate. That's
>> >when it gets scary. Both parties have their evil sides and I don't want
>> >either to dominate.
>>
>> With any luck, things will change substantially after this election.
>
>Given that the country is controlled behind the scenes by plutocrats
>and lobbyists, do you really expect change?

Expect? Not as such, naturally those vested interest will fight tooth
and nail to maintain their positions. But it's been a long time (or
ever?) since the mainstream parties across the world have been this
unpopular. I can't recall seeing such skepticism/cynicism from average
voters before. That is encouraging, IMO.

>No, there's no big conspiracy,
>but money talks.

It's all in what your definition of that word might be...