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Vermont NPV Bill

Good idea. Good start. I hope it gets all the support it needs to pass in every state. And, yet, at the same time I can't help but keep wishing that we have some really radical electoral reform. I'd like to see all elections paid for by tax money, free and clear of any personal-, Pac-, soft- and hard-monies; that ALL candidates receive the same exact amount of media time; that all media coverage is free to all the candidates; that NO campaigning can begin before 6 WEEKS prior to an election and then during those 6 weeks there is nothing but election news on t.v. 24-7. Yes, that's right: all election, all the time, on all stations for 6 weeks. And you know what that means: all Americans would have to give up game shows, soaps, "reality" shows, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood et-al, CSI, Desperate Housewives and all the rest of the mind-numbing inanities of the all-mighty boobtube for 6 enlightening weeks. Finally, a smile flashes on my face as I imagine what that scenario would actually look and sound like!

rl

by roxanne loget on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:55:52 AM EST



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