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Thanks. I also forgot to make one point that I started to make before the phone rang and broke my train of thought...

Where I said:

Almost all of these schmucks in Washington today started somewhere on a county council, as a sheriff or the mayor of some pathetic spineless little town.

This is exactly why it is important to pay close attention to your LOCAL elections. Many people only vote in presidential elections, skipping the others and I know some people who only vote for president, senator and rep and on issues and leave the rest blank, and when its only a local election, they don't vote at all unless there is a compelling local issue.

Few people walk off the street and get a nomination to run for a high level state or federal office from either party and the Libertarians don't yet get enough votes to really apply in this context, thats one of the only redeeming things I can come up with about the two-party system.

Local elections are your chance to get rid of the little shits BEFORE they start to fester and become BIG SHITS. Candidates for local offices are at their weakest, they don't yet have war chests of millions of dollars to sling it out on TV to the point that no one knows where anyone stands. Defeating some schmuck who is running for a local office is pretty easy, really. A few letters to the editor and some coffee shop chat can be all thats needed. Its much easier to get rid of the little shits before they become big shits. Then you need an army to keep them out.