EDITORIAL VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY DON'T LET LAWYERS CHOOSE OUR PRESIDENT.TODAY, the fun begins. It starts with the election, and continues with the counts, the recounts, the legal challenges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling - or rulings. And it ends with half the country wronged and disappointed. Right? Not necessarily. There's no reason why democracy has to devolve devolve v. when property is automatically transferred from one party to another by operation of law, without any act required of either past or present owner. The most common example is passing of title to the natural heir of a person upon his death. to a comedy of errors, or why the leader of the Free World The "Leader of the Free World" is a title used sometimes to describe the President of the United States, though the title is debated by those who consider themselves to be part of the "Free World", but not under the leadership of the United States. needs to be decided by a handful of ``swing'' voters. The legal (and illegal) shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] could all be rendered moot with a massive turnout of new voters, who could turn the election into a landslide in either direction. With the stakes so high, both nationally and statewide, there is no excuse for anyone to sit this election out. Whatever else you do today, vote. Because if voters don't keep democracy for themselves, the parties, lawyers and judges Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political scientist, historian, and politician, is best known for Democracy in America (1835). A believer in democracy, he was concerned about the concentration of power in the hands of a centralized government. will be all too happy to take it from us. CAPTION(S): box Box: DAILY NEWS 2004 ENDORSEMENTS |
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