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Ice queens 2:51pm on 03 Oct 2008 I find it very sad that millions of Americans will be given the chance to vote for someone who does not read a newspaper (probably very much like the voters themselves). There seems to be a huge amount of ignorance here, although to be honest it does not seem to me to be avoidable as the candidates don't seem to have policies.
I am seriously concerned about the 'political' landscape here. Millions of voters seem intent on voting based purely on the personalities of the candidates. The USA has dug itself a massive hole over the past decade or so and it seems that it is intent on making that hole bigger, rather than making any attempt to repair the damage.
The problems we are facing with the banking and credit crisis been the result of the public themselves, the financial services industry and the government who de-regulated the sector and made the banks unaccountable. The American dream of mass consumerism and the obsession to have bigger, better, newer etc, have helped shape the country into what it is today and I think it is time to stand up and be counted. Just because we might relate to any of the various candidates does not give good enough reason to vote for them! No-one has forced you to buy that gas guzzler, or that 6 bedroom house and now you find yourself in too deep you are trying to lay the blame on someone else and seek help to get you out of the mess that you helped create.
Take a stand! Don't make the mess worse, think for yourselves, make your vote really count. You can help shape the country for future generations and they may thank you for it. I feel though that if change does not come then there will be nothing to save.

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