Then they Voted

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[Core_Conservative]

This was great - I have actually run into people like this - at work no less.

[ZOOKER]

Bill Engvall would say "here's your sign".

[sauropod]

There really oughta be a poll test.

[atomicpossum]

People have listened to John Kerry take two positions on every issue, and they liked at least one of them. "Sounds good to me," they said.

And then they voted.

[MTOrlando]

There really oughta be a poll test.

And a poll tax. Only property owners should have the right to vote, and government employees, welfare recipients, and elected officials should be specifically excluded from voting.

[codercpc]

My favorite "stupid voter" story is a couple of years ago, Brown County, Wisconsin voted for a tax to renovate Lambeau (not Lambert) Field. One of the local news crews was there interviewing people in line of how they were going to vote. They were also asked about other offices on the ballot, and who they were going to vote for. 90% of the people in line didn't even know the names of the candidates on the ballot, much less who they were going to vote for. They were only there for the Packers.

It was that day that I lost faith in the American electorate.

[blastdad51]

Most people can't tell you who the VP is!



But they're going to vote their conscience

[7.62 x 51mm]

I had a lady from Maryland in my nursery-garden center ask one of my salesmen, "which end do I plant; the green end or the brown end?"

I just know she's gonna vote, too. She had a Kerry-Edwards sticker on her car.

[PeteB570]

Should have gone back for another 10 cases of beer and got the 100% discount

[Nathan Zachary]

"Does the sun rise in the north?"

I have lived and worked in the most remote northern places where man has dared to try live, and I can tell you without doubt that the sun does indeed rise in the north. The trouble is that it doesn't want to set at certain times of the year...

[Talking_Mouse]

I disagree with the government employees. There are many people in civil service who view their work as civil service. I do not want my country sending our armed forces into battle without said armed forces having a say in who makes those decisions.

[Nathan Zachary]

According to John Kerry, the only ones who should vote for who runs the Nation is all the other countries, after all, it's only their "global test" which should determine the actions of the USA and it's citizens

[Coachm]

Thanks for the first-thing-after-my-coffee-in-the-morning chuckle!

[Dan C]

The source for this was the Scott Adams / Dilbert email newsletter from about a month ago. I deleted it, so unfortunately I can't give any more info than that.

[MTOrlando]

I disagree with the government employees. There are many people in civil service who view their work as civil service. I do not want my country sending our armed forces into battle without said armed forces having a say in who makes those decisions.

Agreed - the armed forces are in a different category from EPA bureaucrats and social-service minions who consistently vote only to keep failed programs funded.

[SaintDismas]

Funny!! Sean Hannity had a "man on the street" interview recently in ???? New York I think.. he asked the poor kid if he was going to vote for the reelection of the pres or something and he said no way. Then he couldn't even come up with his name. When Mr. Hannity pressed him about it, he said Kearney, I'm voting for Kearney (he pronounced it Kerney), then said he thought his first name was Jim. He was NOT voting for Bush no way no how, but for Jim Kearney. Hilarious

[TalonDJ]

I don't watch tv so I don't see local news, hence I know nothing about most local elections. Any jobs on the ballot that I don't understand or don't know the issues, I leave blank. Voting randomly on such things would be my failure as a citizen.

[lugsoul]

I assume you mean real property owners.

So, what happens if I've sold my house and I'm looking for a new one? Ineligible to vote?

What if I just don't WANT to own a home or land - let's say I've got all my money tied up in my business and rent a place? Ineligible to vote?

It is amazing how those who wish "others" were excluded from voting fail to see how easy it is to find flaws in their "standard" for voting or poke holes in their anecdotal game.

Some guy says we should smuggle a bunch of little US flags into Iraq so the populace can wave them when our troops come rolling through town in a shower of flower petals. Then he voted.

[codercpc]

I agree, and I didn't want to imply that everyone was going to vote without knowing the issues, but you have to assume that the majority would just check a box.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

...and government employees, welfare recipients, and elected officials should be specifically excluded from voting.

So.... What do you have against the military voting?????
They are considered "government employees" after all.

Or for that matter, how about the millions of civilians currently working for the Department of Defense supporting our military??????? I think you would be surprised how many of them are consecutive Republicans.
But then again, you don't want any government employees voting. Guess you want sKerry elected.