“The more power that voting levers confer,  the more unreliable elections become as a mode of governance.

—-  James Bovard

       On the eve of the national presidential elections, Republican (fascist/socialist) President George Herbert “Read my lips: no new taxes!” Walker Bush tells a crowd of campaign supporters,

       [T]omorrow, you participate in a ritual, a sacred ritual of stewardship. … With your vote, you are going to help shape the future of this, the most blessed, special nation that man has ever known and God has helped create. And so, look at your vote—especially the young people—look at your vote as an act of power, a statement of principle.

       Question: Did WE THE PEOPLE make a “statement of principle” that they supported military interventions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Kosovo, Somalia; that they were endorse military enforcement of civil law or the Waco Massacre?

       [restored 3/4/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.