1.0 link 12271 <![CDATA[Bush Isn’t the Problem: The Weakness of our Thin Democracy]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-moore-lappe/bush-isnt-the-problem-the_b_12271.html As Iraqis go to the polls this week in their starter-kit democracy, maybe we should do a gut check here at home. How is our democracy doing?

The picture isn’t pretty. Washington scandals, a broken voting system, a timid media, and a costly, increasingly unpopular war creating as many enemies as it kills. It’s no surprise that seven out of ten of us believe our country is headed in the wrong direction or that three-fourths of us believe that our “government...

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