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This is why I think an Amendment in the Constitution for optional public campaign funds for candidates is necessary for the protection of our democracy, or what's left of it.
I've never understood why judgeships should be elected positions. I think the report said that judges are elected by the people in 38 or 39 states. How in the world can you have an impartial judge when he or she is subject to the whims of the voters?
The country would be better off if Congress would have confirmed that cleaning woman Bush first nominated to the Supreme Court, rather than the Roberts straight A student who always got his homework in on time.
We are so screwed, think that we have been getting the screws put to us. We have been screwed for a while, may get worse.
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