Quote of the Day

Shirley Chisholm, first black Congresswoman, when reflecting on her failed 1972 campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination, as quoted in CNN:

"The term democracy ... sounds wonderful, sounds beautiful, but it's not carried out in the real sense of the word when you realize what goes on behind the scenes. When you realize how people bargain for votes, how people deal to get three more delegates to a convention. That's not democracy. What a cost."

An unfortunate truth.