Our candidates are hand-picked for us

On April 30 (Fence Post), Steve J. Kogut Jr. lamented that considering all the possible candidates we could have for president, why is it that the current list of winners are such losers? I couldn't agree with him more.

But is this really surprising? Since this campaign began, much of the media have spent their time fawning over these final candidates.

Yes there were some other candidates early on but their ideas were quickly rejected and others considered too threatening were virtually ignored. Why was this?

Could it be the people who really control the government didn't want them?

Could it be these puppet masters operating behind the scene are using the media to control the elections?

To them it does not matter one wit if a candidate is Democrat or Republican. The only thing that is important is whether that person, if elected, can be counted on to do whatever they're told.

Having been hand picked from the beginning, the current crop of candidates clearly fulfills that requirement.

All that is required of us is to vote for either Tweedledee or Tweedledum.

But first, if they're to maintain this ruse, it is absolutely vital for us to jump up and down wave our red and blue flags because it's important for us to feel that we're in control.

Of course, if you really want to be in control, you could vote for third party candidates or even a write-in.

Naturally you will be told that you wasting your vote. But could it be considered that by holding your nose and voting for the supposed lesser of two evils, that this is the real wasted vote?

Richard Gideon

Schaumburg