THOU SHALT NOT REELECT
by Joe Sobran

[Breaker quote: A simple way to reform]

This year, 2006, is widely described as an "election year." I think it would be more accurate to call it a "reelection year." This time the future of our nation will be at stake, as they say.

The voters are really angry. They are angry at both parties, at the president, and at Congress. They are sick and tired of the status quo -- war, high taxes, corruption, runaway spending, soaring gasoline prices, and poisoned spinach. They're mad as hell and they're not going to stand for it anymore. They are demanding change in Washington. And in a democracy like our own, the voters are sovereign.

So, this November, the voters, in their awful fury, are going to rise up and send the incumbents back to Washington. That's what they always do. This is how a vibrant democracy works.

Is there any cure for it? Yes. That's why I'm writing. When the voters have made such a hash of democracy, the only hope lies with the nonvoters.

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