Why We Have Elections

A  L  O  H  A !

" An election is coming. 

 Universal peace is declared,

 and the foxes have a sincere interest

 in prolonging the lives

 of the poultry.  "

George Eliot

" Democracy is the only system

 that persists in asking 

the powers that be 

whether they are the powers

 that ought to be.  "

Sydney J. Harris

" Hell, I never vote for anybody,

 I always vote

 against. "

W.C. Fields

"The (State)Capitol's

 video surveillance system

 to detect mischief in public areas

is dysfunctional only six years 

after it was installed

 and must be replaced.

  Why bother? 

 Most mischief in the square building

 occurs behind

 closed doors."

David   Shapiro

Columnist & Hawaii Public Treasure,

quoted here by permission

 of the

Honolulu Star Advertiser 

Mahalo!

" [Linda] Lingle practices the rhythm method

 of political safe sex.

  she rocks with conservatives

 when she's in Washington

and rolls with moderates 

at home. "

David Shapiro,

( of  the former Hawaii Gov

 now running for Senate )

" I want to be Senate majority leader

 in order to make

 Obama a one-term President."

Mitch McConnell

 Republican  US Senator

" We are in an election season,

and the test for any CANDIDATE 

 (emphasis mine)

is whether they can produce

 results. "

Republican Eric Cantor (VA) 

US House Majority Leader

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So the avowed work

 of a sitting US Senator

in a leadership position

at a time of crisis,

is to obstruct the President

of the Other Party;

BUT

The work of a Candidate

is to get things

DONE

(While the voters are looking

 and deciding their votes.)

And THAT is why

we need

elections !

Thank you for visiting Friends!

May Providence protect YOU

from your 'leaders"

                               Warmly, cloudia