Smarty_Pants

Will Low Satisfaction Rate Affect U.S. Election?

What the public wants if of little consequence for the elections. The 'system' is operated to prevent the public from having any viable alternative. See Ron Paul campaign for an example. The *only* candidate with a different viewpoint was ignored, excluded, and ridiculed by the lamestream media until he dropped out of the race.

Now that his predictions are coming true, he is often sought for explanations about government actions on the current banking crises.

There will never be a viable alternative to 'the party'. Only varying flavors of what we've always had. Power and corruption for self and cronies.

Recall that the public *wanted* to defeat the bailout bill, yet despite heavy pressure could only delay its passage, and even then it was loaded down with an extra $150 Billion in pork spending.

Recent events leave no doubt in the mind of anyone with a objective viewpoint that the government is only truly concerned about itself and the lobbiests who fund their campaigns. The public weal runs a distant third at best.