the real reason was that some lefties bleated loudly and persistently that their " brilliant,well thought out ,incisive,unbiased and font of all knowledge" posts in rabid support of the left ,did not get any thumbs up,while "stupid ignorant" posts favouring the the coalition did.It hurt their precious feelings and a lot no longer post on HC since the latest polls have hit the news. The fairest system would be to have thumbs up and thumbs down with no ability to change either.I rarely read HC Political posts anymore as there are far too many repetitious biased posts to wade through and I do not like ignoring posters,with the one exception of MM
