Did anyone notice...

...that we don't pick our leaders? Not even close. An excerpt:

After two days of interviews of more than a dozen prospective candidates and hours of debate, the Republican party's 19-member central committee settled on the 53-year-old Keyes over Andrea Barthwell, the former deputy director of the White House drug czar's office. (emphasis mine)

It's become such a given, such a basic part of the process, that no one seems to question the complete annihilation of democracy when not the constituents, not the voters, but the party's COMMITTEE picks the candidates. And not just the GOP - both parties work this way.

The boys (yes, boys) that head the national parties get to pick and choose our leaders. All we do is decide if we want a republican or democrat. And that's already decided for the most part, except for those mythical "swing voters" who pretend to be independent.