Thought For The Day
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Involvement
John McCain (Republican Party nominee for President of the United States) is quoted in the press with this statement, “Americans aren’t interested in an election where they are just talked to and not listened to; an election that offers platitudes instead of principles and insults instead of ideas.” He’s only partly right. It’s the first part of his statement that is true. The reality is, “most Americans are not interested in an election.” While this primary season has brought out thousands of unexpected voters, (credit the love/hate relationship folks have with the front runners in the Democratic Party) the vast majority of Americans seem to have no interest in politics,…