Responsible voting?

Lak's post got me into a chain of thought..

yeah yeah.. it is a long chain, but here is the abridged version!

India : (color TV, bag of rice, free clothes) :: US : free money

so the voting populace, a majority of which seems to be very gullible, will vote for short term gains..

It is a democracy. If there were a majority of responsible people and they actually had a say in things, we would not be where we are now, would we?

So, why should we for one second assume that the responsible ones will have an upper hand in this election?

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