Tomas Mega
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices, “so wrote Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in his stunning opinion on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Tomas Mega, Las Vegas, Nevada
Here is a quick American Civics trivia quiz:
Answer: All became Presidents without a majority of the American people voting for them. Clinton became President twice without the majority of Americans voting for him.
Answer: All failed to win the American Presidency despite the majority of American people voting for them.
How can this happen in the world’s foremost democracy?
Tomas Mega, Las Vegas, Nevada
This election may offer some hard choices for voters driven by prejudice. Americans must decide between a man fathered by an African, who supports gay marriage, and a conservative Mormon, a religion that once advocated polygamy and only lifted its ban on African men in the priesthood in 1978.
Both Obama and Romney are objects of prejudice. The incumbent’s race is represented by less than 13% of the American population. The challenger’s religion is represented by less than 2%. The fact remains that race and religion still play a role in American politics. America has had one African-American president, one Catholic president, and no Jewish presidents.
