The Politics of Smoke and Mirrors

Fellow BNNer Whym Rhymer gets something I've been saying all along...voters and their votes are merely the currency of politics and politicans...

The question brought to mind was: Why is "movement," such as Dean describes, necessary for Democrats, Republicans or for any political party?

Part of the answer is, because political parties have no principles . . . they just have positions; and, when a position fails to be 'popular' with the majority they simply change it. That's much easier than changing a principle; a principle is something you're 'stuck' with!

The other part of the answer can be assumed from the first part: your vote is the Holy Grail -- people, ideas and positions are completely expendable in the quest for the vote. Voters themselves, in the end, become no more than the 'currency of politics.'

That's it exactly...and I think this ties in with this.