Posted on 10/21/2010 10:17:27 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
It has become apparent that most Americans simply don't take voting very seriously. This is especially true of those who encourage voting. They'll tell us that walking into a polling place and pulling a lever is our civic duty, but this isn't true. Our civic duty is to cultivate wisdom in ourselves and become conversant with the issues; the walking and pulling part is just a natural byproduct of that.
Yet so many try to pull others to the polls, claiming that mass participation in the electoral process somehow makes our country better. I guess it is in the way that having everyone take a turn in the cockpit of a 747 would make air travel better or having everyone try his hand at brain surgery would make brains healthier. The latter is hard to imagine, of course, but it would increase the likelihood that those brains would vote Democrat.
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only the dem encourage high participation, because they know most of their voters are stupid
I read that most internet searches on the candidates views on the issues are conducted immediately AFTER the election.
Brilliant!
The sad reality shall remain that any mushroom citizen retains franchise based on the mere fact of physical presence on the stump of the Republic.
The terrifying reality will be the realization that they are the majority. Wait until they know it.
indeed it will
Have you seen where Stossel goes out and questions people on the role of Govt.
Hell it is scary to know that these clowns can vote.
One homosexual guy wanted the Govt to stop spending but then says he wants Govt to give more benefits to homosexuals, another woman said she wants Govt to give free college etc, another wanted free college, free handouts, free medical etc.
Another time he showed Pelosi’s picture and no one knew who she was, some do not even know who Biden is in a photo or who could not name the vice president.
Of course they all knew the NJ show and who is in it.
These people are totally off their heads and because they can vote they are screwing up this country. All of course are Dem voters.
I swear the latest Dem voters have to go down as the dumbest voters this country has ever produced.
Last but not least remember the idiots lining up for money and saying they will get it from obama’s stash.
We even have people in Govt who have no clue what so ever about the constitution and the declaration.
We have a president who can’t even say creator for crying out loud.
I’ve just got back from a field trip for my youngest and the liberal park rancher there was ranting on about this and that.
He then got to the mice which he said were endangered but never said mice he said on 5 occasions mouse’s.
When my 7 year old corrected him he the ranger replied well it’s been some time since I was in 2nd grade.
“The idiot vote will be the death of us all.”
Coming from Minnesota, the state that has produced Al Franken and Jesse Ventura, I strongly concur with your remarks.
I would edit this to say, "I guess it is in the way that having everyone take a turn in the cockpit of a 747 will ensure that he lands safely at his destination, or have a try at performing brain surgery on his own brain would make him healthier."
If people actually realized that life-altering decisions are made by our representatives and our president, things that could actually HARM THEM, they might wake up to the gravity of not being intelligent enough to vote.
Too few people see this as a popularity contest. It is not!
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