Ted Rall for February 10, 2000
Transcript:
The Official Story: (Woman: Each political party's members vote for their nominee in a series of primaries: the 2 winners face off in the general election.) The Real Deal: (Man 1: McCain is giving the RNC hives! We picked Bush years ago!) (Man 2: Don't worry- I'll fax you pointers on how my DNC crushed Bradley.) The Question: (Man 3: If the parties openly ensorse and fund their favorite candidates and use their clout to keep other guys off the ballot...) (Woman : What's the difference between the U.S. and a dictatorship?) The Answer: (Woman: In a dictatorship only 1 person in 270,000,000 can be president. In America, 2 people can be president!) (Man 2: Democracy rules!)