I think this guy has the right idea...click on the link to see the graphics...
"If you think you might not be able to work the voting machine then maybe you are not ready to help run the country"
Ha! True enough.
The driver behind the "vote regardless of whom you vote for" rhetoric is the desire, on the part of Those Who Grease The Gears Of Government With The Very Best Butter, to avert the appearance that the "issues" over which most elections are fought are
irrelevant to the majority of Americans.
It wasn't always that way. In the 1896 Presidential election, the turnout approached 90% -- with no mass media flogging the electorate to vote out of a sense of civic duty. The candidates talked about principles and the Constitution, about the necessary actions of and limits on government. John Q. Public's eyes did not glaze over when they spoke.
Political nostalgia is the worst kind. Sigh.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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I disagree with almost every point of this guy's elitist ideas. I don't buy the concept of some votes counting for more than others. Under the current system, the ballot box doesn't care about nor does it measure the "intelligence" behind somebody's vote (with well-publicized exceptions in certain Florida counties). When it comes to the final numbers, a vote from a stupid man carries no less significance than a vote from intelligent, politically-active folk.
Simple truth: If I don't garner enough votes, then I have zero chance of achieving real change in elected office. I welcome any votes I can get, and will do everything legally in my power to get as many votes as I can, no matter their source.