Over the past few months I’ve heard lots of stories on the radio about the election and how people are going to vote. I’ve got to tell you … there are some people that are just so incredibly stupid about how they make their voting decisions it just makes my blood boil.
Please, people, vote for the RIGHT reason … for instance:
- Don’t vote for McCain BECAUSE he’s a veteran … vote for his position on veterans affairs.
- Don’t vote for Obama BECAUSE he’s a African American … vote for his position on minority rights.
The worst example was from a story on NPR’s All Things Considered … during the primary they interviewed some women about Hillary Clinton running for the Democratic ticket … and one woman said that she thought it was admirable that Clinton was running … but it just wasn’t appropriate for her to be president because woman should be subservient to men. To be fair, they were interviewing people at a conservative church gathering) … but still … GAAHHHH!!! What a stupid person. People like that should have their voters registration cards revoked.
Of course, this raises one of my other pet questions … what’s worse … not voting or making an uninformed vote?
Not voting at all is worse because then the citizen is completely disconnected from the democratic process.
I understand that perspective … but my perspective is that an uninformed vote is actually worse than no vote … because a person would be voting for the wrong reasons.
Votting should be treated like a privilege, or forfeited as a right. Take for example the judges retained when bar associations give good reasons not to do so. If someone has not researched, they should not vote.