To the editor:
The myth of the election cycle circus is that we get to choose a president, senator or congressman with our vote. That is simply not true.
The Washington power brokers — party Democrats and party Republicans — offer to us as candidates selections from within their own ranks, controlled by the vested power interests, for us to choose from. We must choose a party man — a Democrat or a Republican — and it is precisely that control over the selection pool that perpetuates the power of the vested interests. ...