By John McCallum
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When elections are about domination, politics is no longer healthy

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Last updated 11/13/2014 at 1:34pm



I don’t know about you, but I’ve found elections becoming ever more exhausting with each cycle. The nastiness, the bitterness, the name calling, the subtle and sometimes not so subtle insinuations of dark motive and agenda, the fear mongering, the half-truths and in some cases out right lying about issues and opponents is becoming oppressive and unhealthy.

Elections are no longer contests of ideas between parties. They have ceased to be affairs where winners can truthfully say the voters have spoken, and while they have picked us we recognize that we don’t have all the solutions and m...



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