Sometimes I think people should have to pass a test before they are allowed to vote. It should have questions such as "Did Iraq have WMDs when the US invaded?" If someone answers yes to this question they are automatically disqualified and don't get to vote (or their ballot goes into a different box and is not counted).
Um, this is nothing new. Nobody gives a shit about the issues.
Democrats blindly back Democrats. Republicans blindly back Republicans. Rock musicians and actors blindly back Democrats.
It's retarded. Oh, wow, we have a whopping TWO whole candidates to choose from to preside over the entire country for FOUR FUCKING YEARS. It's a ridiculous load of B.S. and I for one cannot stomach it.
Oh wait, I'm on the Pearl Jam boards . . . YEAH OBAMA RULZ LOLZ!!
(To be fair, on Christian websites I always support McCain, because, you know, God's likes Republicans better.)
I can't believe that so many people fell for the Obama being a Muslim lie. It's so ridiculous. Do people even do research? Do they read anything besides People magazine?
After the last two elections, I just don't have any faith in anyone to make an informed decision.
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My god, people, what are we going to do??? Half the people I hear talk about the election don't seem to have a basic knowledge of the issues, the candidates, or the electoral process. If I hear one more person tell me Obama's a Muslim, or, even though they don't think abortion should be illegal, they would never vote for a pro-choice candidate, or they strongly support [whoever] but can't actually articulate ANY concrete reason, or they're upset that they can't vote for McCain because they're registered as a Democrat, etc., etc., I think I might spontaneously combust!
Now I'm not saying it's only McCain supporters who or ignorant, or that being ignorant is the same as being stupid, or that I'm as well-informed as I should be. But I just think it's a tragic joke when many, many people vote based solely on the fluff crap propaganda we get from much of the media & elsewhere.
Why can't we have an election where the candidates lay out their issues - pros AND cons - in a straightforward manner, everything that's said must actually be true, we don't even know what the candidates look like, etc. and we vote based on a true understanding of what's going on? If they really believe their positions, voting records, & experiences are right, those things should be able to stand alone as a solid platform for their campaign - not who wears flag pins and how they do their hair.
Sorry, I've just heard a lot of ignorant comments today and it makes me sad and afraid for our country. Rant over. :(
tell me about it. i have idiots like that in my own family. it's gotten to where i can't even sit in the same room with one uncle, since he represents to me everything ignorant, closed-minded, hostile, greedy and self-absorbed. i can honestly say that he and his wife sicken me. AND they're regular church goers, like doing that makes up for the fact that they have the stingiest souls i've ever had the horror of interacting with. their hollow piety makes me want to to vomit.
unfortunately, they seem to share alot of the same ideals with most republicans i've known over the years. as a result, i really don't think i could ever even CONSIDER voting for ANY republican.
i agree that there is ignorance on both sides, but to quote john stuart mill (1806-1873): "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it IS true that most stupid people are conservative."
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"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
My god, people, what are we going to do??? Half the people I hear talk about the election don't seem to have a basic knowledge of the issues, the candidates, or the electoral process.
I vote for homicide. Yeah, that's right. Kill them. Kill them ALL!!!! You can't educate these people, so don't bother wasting your time. The only option is to eliminate them from the voting populace. What we need right now, more than anything else, is a full on motherfucking genocide. Give folks a test, which will determine who lives and who dies. It's really too bad that folks like Hitler had to go and give eugenics a bad rap, because I think the gene pool could really use some industrial strength bleach right about now.
"If all those sweet, young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised."
—Dorothy Parker
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Democrats blindly back Democrats. Republicans blindly back Republicans. Rock musicians and actors blindly back Democrats.
It's retarded. Oh, wow, we have a whopping TWO whole candidates to choose from to preside over the entire country for FOUR FUCKING YEARS. It's a ridiculous load of B.S. and I for one cannot stomach it.
Oh wait, I'm on the Pearl Jam boards . . . YEAH OBAMA RULZ LOLZ!!
(To be fair, on Christian websites I always support McCain, because, you know, God's likes Republicans better.)
After the last two elections, I just don't have any faith in anyone to make an informed decision.
tell me about it. i have idiots like that in my own family. it's gotten to where i can't even sit in the same room with one uncle, since he represents to me everything ignorant, closed-minded, hostile, greedy and self-absorbed. i can honestly say that he and his wife sicken me. AND they're regular church goers, like doing that makes up for the fact that they have the stingiest souls i've ever had the horror of interacting with. their hollow piety makes me want to to vomit.
unfortunately, they seem to share alot of the same ideals with most republicans i've known over the years. as a result, i really don't think i could ever even CONSIDER voting for ANY republican.
i agree that there is ignorance on both sides, but to quote john stuart mill (1806-1873): "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it IS true that most stupid people are conservative."
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
stupid people have lots of free time.
"Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore
"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
~ed, 8/7
I vote for homicide. Yeah, that's right. Kill them. Kill them ALL!!!! You can't educate these people, so don't bother wasting your time. The only option is to eliminate them from the voting populace. What we need right now, more than anything else, is a full on motherfucking genocide. Give folks a test, which will determine who lives and who dies. It's really too bad that folks like Hitler had to go and give eugenics a bad rap, because I think the gene pool could really use some industrial strength bleach right about now.
—Dorothy Parker
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