Freedoms are now down the drain

[cornermouse]

http://www.pantagraph.com/columnists/kaul.shtml

DONALD KAUL

We are the world's greatest democracy; if you don't think so, just ask us. We brag about how free we are, how democratic.

How democratic? The past three elections have seen the entire membership of the U.S. Senate chosen. In those elections, Republican candidates have received an aggregate vote of about 90 million. Democratic candidates, in those same elections, got 93 million votes. As a result, the Republicans hold a 10-vote majority in the Senate.

Five years ago, we elected a President who finished second in the voting.

We have just named a man to the U.S. Supreme Court who early in his career expressed serious reservations about the principle of one man-one vote...

This person is well worth reading.

Sorry. I didn't notice the article's title change. :)

[ixion]

1. great op/ed

thanks for posting. I've always liked reading Kaul's pieces.

[madrchsod]

2. the pantograph has liberal columnist?

i always thought the paper was a republican rag..have times changed down there on the prairie?

[cornermouse]

3. I have no idea.

I'm not in Illinois. What I do know is that he regularly slams Bush, efficiently and effectively, with humor; much like Molly Ivins.