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" We bend so that we never break."
Lindy — (archived)

Very nicely said Robert. (she says with a sigh of relief).
At least the last elections didn't appear fixed.

If they had been, we wouldn't be having this polite discussion looking at our the soft underbelly of democracy.
However, your line above:
>"Sad that the parties grew powerful enough to steamroller them, and dictate the terms of Presidential debates. That the parties saw nonpartisan civics education and open debate as a threat says a lot about the bankruptcy of modern political parties.'

Being a Canadian, I am rather fascinated with the politics here and have endeavored to try and understand the histronics of it. If I am correct, did the above occur because of political "sponsorship" or "lobbying" whereby political parties were not manipulated by their constituents, but by the corporate interests and clever media propaganda that steamrolled an agenda in?

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