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reply to RayW

Re: Dumb CLECs

Oh, you can keep trying to be naive. Pretty much ANY politician these days, be they city, state, or national, have SOME kind of political agenda. Not to mention, politics is a pretty expensive business. Who's going to pay for all those events, rallies, and TV/phone ad campaigns? Surely not the meager salary that comes with election, eh?
It's not the politicians' default character that makes them crooks per se (in most cases at least). It's just the way the game is played that ends up making politicians bend down in some way or the other to special interests, generally due to "campaign contributions" made by such groups. Based on this, I for one can't fool myself into EVER believing that a politician actually cares for their constituents, and actually believes in the issues most of their constituents believe in. Sorry, I am just not that naive or gullible.
As to the "nothing but crooks to choose from", I remain in support of my statement. As I've explained, a politician WILL at some point have to bend down to special interests, whether it be voluntarily or not. Thus, it stands that (at least in the eyes of the average Joe), politicians are all crooks.
Example:
Politician "A" could have made fiery speeches on "change" and "bringing the troops back" during his/her campaign. They may very well be elected because of such (empty) promises. Then, once the time comes to actually implement all the fiery talk, politician A gets nowhere (cutting back troops? Where'll all those megamillion military contracts with Boeing/General Dynamics going to go?), and the cycle of despair begins once again, feeding a new round of politicians who take advantage of A's lack of achievements to win office and start the mentioned cycle again. "A" meanwhile sees that it's just easier to cooperate with special interests and promote their goals quietly, and simply pretend that the democracy exists when it's effectively an oligarchy.

So, where does the average Joe (who's completely out of the above need-to-know loop) stand? They feel betrayed, as do their fellow citizens, and they vote for the next "maverick" aka whoever can make the most fiery speeches and empty promises next elections, and they keep this "ball of oligarchy" rolling. If you think this ONLY happens at the national level, you are sorely misguided and have no idea of what's going on in gov'ts in ALL levels. The example I gave may involve only national policy, but the idea stays much the same if you take a long and hard look at state and local politics.

EDIT:
And attempting to extrapolate your city's politics to that of larger and more bureaucratic cities like New York, Washington, and numerous others isn't exactly the most astute analysis one would expect from any informed citizen in these times....maybe my expectations for intelligent discussion are just a bit too high.....

And someday when you poke your head out of your seeming Utopia you claim to live in you'll figure out that corrupt politicians exist in pretty much every level everywhere, probably even in your own town/city.
And your comment about New York just serves to show your ignorance and utter lack of education. Oh well, now I know what I should've expected from you.
You can try all you want to put down NY but you haven't answered a single point I made in my post.
And please, I've traveled plenty, and actually OUTSIDE the good ol' US, so I KNOW what it's like around this thing we call the world.
Maybe something other a vacuous rant or mere personal attacks would actually help further your point. I don't know who you're trying to impress with these attempted insults (which by the way is not exactly improving my already bad impression of your state either), but you sure as hell aren't impressing me...
Try again...

I use to live in NY.

So, you "use" to live in NY... and I LIVE and HAVE LIVED in NY. What's your point?