Posted on 04/13/2015 3:11:00 PM PDT by Kaslin
Face it, our elections are decided by stupid people. Far too many American voters are absolutely clueless about the political issues facing the country, or of the consequences of the votes they cast.
While there are plenty of idiots casting ballots from every political persuasion, the Democrat Party absolutely depends on stupid people voting the straight Democrat ticket in order to keep getting Democratic candidates elected to political office, many of whom aren’t qualified to lick stamps much less represent us in Congress.
A case in point is Barack Obama. Who in their right mind expected just seven years ago that someone like Barack Obama, a man with no accomplishments in his life much less any legislative record, could come out of nowhere and defeat the Democrat Party’s anointed candidate at the time, Hillary Clinton ?
How did it happen? Clueless people voted their emotions instead of basing their selection on facts and common sense. Barack Obama’s radical history and associations was out there for all to see, even with the mainstream news media trying their best to hide the facts. Jeremiah Wright’s racist preaching, the same preaching that Barack Obama listened to for twenty years and more than likely enthusiastically shouted “AMEN” to regularly, was all well known to voters.
Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers was no secret either, hosting a political party for Obama in his own living room. Yet stupid voters looked right past those obvious disqualifiers and voted for Obama anyway. Simply because he was black, or a Democrat, or looked cool in sunglasses.
Obama’s questionable character, and even legitimate questions about his very eligibility to run for the office of president of the United States was discussed openly in various news outlets. Just the fact that questions about his eligibility were being denigrated by the Obama-Mania-Media should have at least raised the electorate’s consciousness to the issue, and voters could take a closer look and decide for themselves.
Enter Hillary Clinton, the new darling of the mainstream media for this upcoming election. Her history of scandal, dishonesty, and deceit has been established for decades. Yet she polls ahead of all other candidates from either party.
Simply baffling how she can be viewed with anything other than disdain and disgust by any rational-thinking American. Yet she continues full steam ahead leading all others in her quest for the White House.
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and even some Republicans have turned politics into a long term career and have been returned to Washington over and over again by the voters, even though they have produced nothing of consequence, and more often than not have stood in the way of real progress simply for partisan political motives.
So do we continue to strive to make it possible for more people to vote, including illegal aliens and dead Democrats? Do we flood the electorate with more and more stupid people who haven’t a clue what they’re voting for, or what their vote actually does?
Call it suppressing the vote if you want, but making it easier for stupid people to vote doesn’t seem to be a very logical thing to do when our country is faced with serious challenges. A time when we need the very best to straighten things out. Not people elected simply because they have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ next to their name.
Voters should be required to at least know more of the alphabet before they’re allowed to pull the lever at the ballot box. Stupidity practiced by our elected officials in Washington and in state houses across the land is ruining this country.
If stupid voters keep voting stupid candidates into office, then it’s time to at least require the stupid voters to show that they know how to properly register to vote, and that they know how to obtain a proper identification card, before we allow them to exercise their stupidity in a national election.
Some few states have had Voter ID laws struck down, but they are States that were under the consent decree.
/johnny
This aricle was on the mark. It won’t ever happen, but I honestly believe we need a test that demonstrates a minimum understanding of how our government works before voter registration cards are issued.
Has this not been the case since Andrew Jackson? Most people vote stupidly most of the time, and I include myself in that category, at least in my younger, stupid-er days.
By definition half of the eligible voting population will be below average, and since more of those below average are less likely to drag themselves to the polls, the election will be decided upon by the above-average portion of the population. The fault is not in the stupidity of the voter, but in the demonic allure of the progressive agenda, which turns people who have the opportunity for intelligence into seduced cult followers.
Not only that, but we shouldn’t let people who don’t have an established history of gainful employment vote either...
Yep. And how about being a property owner and tax payer? A voter should have some blood, sweat and tears invested in the country. Welfare recipients should be disqualified. The downfall of any nation is giving the power to vote to those who plunder the treasury.
I would argue that anyone who voted for Obama, needs to be disenfranchised. That is the ultimate in IQ tests. If you voted for Obama, you are a stupid fool and the country needs to be protected from you.
They used to have one of those, it was called "tax payer."
The last three words of the 24th amendment pretty much guaranteed non-contributors (and therefore stupid) voting ever since.
I’ve got zero problem with voter ID laws that make sense (they do so far), but voter suppression is anti-Democracy and anti_America. Period. End of story.
In the early days of the Republic, one had to be at least a landowner to vote.
... and the ability to speak English. Ballots should absolutely NOT be printed in any language except English.
There used to be a literacy test. Not quite an IQ test, but it may have had a similar effect. It was considered racist (and I’m not a history expert, but I believe that it was intended to be so) because it disproportionately prevented blacks from voting.
I doubt that a voter IQ test would ever fly, but I’d sure like to at least have a CANDIDATE IQ test! I’m tired of idiots being voted into office. And I’m especially tired of being lectured to by idiots (0vomit) who are too stupid to realize that they are idiots.
Especially those who voted to reelect him
I believe in the spirit of that requirement, which is that a voter should have some skin in the game and be a productive citizen. In the early days, ownership of land was basically a guarantee of that. It no longer is.
I do believe that there should be some similar requirement, more relevant in the 21st century. Until we abolish the IRS and go to a consumption tax, I think paying taxes would be a pretty good option. Anyone who gets out more than he puts in does not vote. This prevents the takers from voting themselves more money from they payers.
See post 5 & 7. I think we’ve just eliminated 90% of the Democrat base. Well it’s a start!
G** damn right.
Yep
I’d say that any potential voter should be able to name his state’s senators and his district’s representative before being allowed to vote.
There is no way that restrictions on voting beyond indentification and citizenship are going to fly. So why should conservatives identify with this silliness? And in any case, who are the real idiots? You can make a very good argument that those who wait in line for an hour to cast what is in most elections ia worthless vote for the uniparty are the real idiots.
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