What iT was, was democracy

Sunday, February 7, 2016

One must wonder what our country's governing system looks like to an outsider observing our political process at work for the first time. I am reminded of Andy Griffith and his classic comedy routine called, "What it was, was football." At the end of his presentation, he concluded that football was a bunch of fellows fighting over a pumpkin while being supervised by several convicts. In truth, had he applied his simple logic to our election process he might have been pretty close to right.

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