Posted on 10/30/2009 6:02:30 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Those segments are similar to Leno’s Jaywalking. You just know the interviewed are liberals or at least democrat voters. But if you stop to think for a minute, if the population of murderers, rapists, gang bangers and thieves incarcerated across the US could vote, there is no doubt they would favor democrat candidates by near unanimity.
I remember that thing, it seemed so...unhappy. LOL!
I remember when I was 18. I was interested in how the country worked and had a general understanding of the mechanism of government- but when it came time to go to the polls, I knew that there was a lot going on in government that I didn't fully understand. It really bothered me; my feeling at the time was 'should I really be doing this if I don't fully understand what it is that I'm doing?'
I read the sample ballot. It was full of the names of people who I'd never heard of for a dizzying array of offices that I didn't know existed. I was okay with the big national offices, I was sort of prepared to make an intelligent choice there. But I could only make inferences by context about what a County Assessor might do- but which candidate of the several would be the best, and how much damage would picking the wrong one do and how could I know the difference? And what of the State Assembly? And the School Board? And twenty different bond issues?
Does anybody that's young even think like that anymore? Was that unusual even back then?
You probably haven’t heard about this poll either.
http://post.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quizresults.php
Extremely well. We are undoubtedly moving in the right direction. 30%
Fairly well. There’s still a long way to go. 5%
Not well at all. His plans are hurting more than helping. 63%
Not sure/No opinion. 1%
10936860 votes
You probably haven’t heard about this poll either.
http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46067
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