The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential speech and voice your dissent.
You could be arrested!
In our furious, frivolous, hotly contested pre-presidential nomination races,
you could be mugged, accosted or arrested for just showing the
wrong placard, at the wrong time! This is freedom of speech?
Demos H and B may mudsling at each other, but in person,
you and I may have to live by different rules,
The American ideal of free speech and democracy has become
perverted, hasn't it? Our media outlets rarely give us equal
coverage of both sides of an issue, or cover all candidates fairly
and responsibly. How can we the make informed decisions,
let alone vote intelligently?
We still have "one man, one vote," don't we?
I wonder. What if the wide open free-for-all politics we are now
seeing on TV got out of hand, right on the tube?
What could we do? Vote for the one we choose through our
primary election debacles? I think not! We are stuck with an
antiquated system. We do not vote for a candidate,
but for "electors" or "delegates" who vote in our stead, at the
party nominating conventions. How many backroom, secret
deals does this allow?
It's high time to get real and vote using the internet,
or by absente ballot for those without computer means or abilities.
Isn't this the most fair and free way to exercise
our free and democratic rights, guaranteed by the Constitution?
© 2008 - All Rights Reserved R. H. Roberts
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