Is the American Election Process Fair?

After watching MSNBC's Republican Debate in Florida last night, I can surely understand why Ron Paul's followers have been so up in arms for most of the American election process. Their man is clearly getting screwed, but then try being a Dennis Kucinich supporter!

Bottom line is, the American election process is an immensely unfair process that is somewhat exacerbated be the enormous gullibility of the American people. Not all Americans, mind you. There are some Americans who actually read. Still, I would venture to say that the majority of American citizenry depends on information from televised "talking heads" and the American media knows this.

Americans have a nasty habit of liking the outer appearance of the nutshell without ever having really examined the nut inside. For example, they love Barack's charming smile, Hillary's moment of tenderness, and John McCain's tough guy exterior, but do they take time to really study what each and all of the candidates really stand for? By all indicators, no. That makes the image of an American candidate a major factor. American Philosopher, Noam Chomsky said it best. "Elections are run by the same people who sell toothpaste. They market candidates the same way." This is so true; so blatantly obvious. Those Americans who are sold on Crest, love Barack Obama.

I'm not necessarily convinced that there is a conspiracy per se against the likes of Ron Paul. It's more like the "ignore" button on Yahoo chat. "Ron Paul is a nutter, let's ignore him." That sort of thing. Is that fair? Of course not but like the American novelist William Goldman said, "Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death."

I'm pretty much convinced that no political process, anywhere, is unequivocally fair, but if the American version is the most fair we can get, then we free people of the world are most surly in serious trouble.