In many countries, politics happens 365 days a year. Citizens hold their governments’ feet to the fire when they’re unhappy. Not so in the United States. We outsource politics to the politicians and check in every two to four years to see how they’ve been doing.
The Outsourcing of Politics
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Can’t wait for the latest DMZ where Ted tells us how the more horrible, right-wing genocider Putzin is a better alternative to the hard, right-wing Zelenskyy. Boy he was SO right about Russia superior military might.
Can hardly blame Joe Average, since the Gillens study shows that money talks louder than the voters do. My heart is with those who raise hell in hopes for justice, but, absent a mass movement like this country hasn’t seen since the waning days of the Vietnam war, they’re not gonna li$$en to us.
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