@TrueBlue: If Obama and Romney weren't the best choices, I don't think Goldman Sachs would be giving them both so much money.

@Anonymous: The question is, are the best choices for the average american, or the best choices for Goldman Sachs?

@Anonymous: Do you really think there is a question about that?

Goldman Sachs is doing what it believes is best for the average American. Just like Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will do when elected.

@Anonymous: toothpaste clearly has more impact on my life than the president. just look at vermin supreme's mandatory toothbrushing law

@Anonymous: Goldman sachs believes it is the average american worth protecting.

Vermine Supreme has a mandatory tooth brushing law. He even will help create jobs by putting together a task force. "Tooth Fairies"

Also zombie stuff and pony based economy. Vote VERMINE SUPREME!

Why you need more presidents? There are only two right governments: oligarhic imperialistic warmongers and oligarhic imperialistic warmongers supporting gey marriages.

Capitalist democracy is a very nice definition, thank you. It meant "freedom for everybody" couple of centuries ago when poor could work his way to be middleman, middleman could become rich. Nowadays poor strife for hunger and rich can buy third world country. Not so much movement between classes.

@Anonymous: What the hell are you, a teenage girl? "Oh my God you guys, OP didn't mention our capitalist democracies, what a bitch."

@Meander_Thralls: And so democracy doesn't and couldn't exist in modern world as every law is big complex pile of economy-politics-shmoconomy that only a professional could understand. And in republic people elect representatives not because of their professionalism but because of their public speech skill. Yet wars are waged and supported by the idea of protecting the democracy.

...And you guys have something against crusades?

@Meander_Thralls: I like how you said what I said only different.

@Lamasutra: India and Europe have a president?

@Anonymous: europe is a bunch of countries, not a country...

@Anonymous: I don't know why you're telling me that

@Anonymous: 1,5 people who democraricly choose their president(s) (in their own country). It was clear to me.

Well, only 2 options and not necessarily the most voted politician...
It´s doesn't looks like democracy for me...

Europe does has a president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council

He gets paid more then Obama.

@Anonymous: He's not elected, he's appointed.

@Anonymous: Thank you for that, you are the greetest. Now if you could kindly leave Earth forever, for no raisin.

@Anonymous: and this is what it's like in india: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?280234

or if you'd like to hear her speak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv8l9AKZanQ

@Lamasutra: but do India and Europe have Bacon tooth paste?

@TrueBlue: Britishs probably eat this regurlaly

Thank goodness #politics is here so we can more easily coral all the worst people on canv.as into one place.

@Anonymous: Representative democracy is an idea James Madison dreamed up in Federalist paper No. 10, and just as it was a convenient fiction that was useful in his time for selling the Federalist concept to people that worried about the centralization of power away from state and local governments, it continues to this day serving the same function, allowing people to pretend they live in a "democracy" and have a say in government. Go back before Madison and you will find 6 forms of government, and "representative democracy" isn't one of them.

So, definitely an issue of semantics and propaganda, but hardly a stupid game - although stupid might be the appropriate adjective for the people that buy this line of reasoning.