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Monday, November 3. 2014

Do not vote tomorrow

Do not vote unless you understand the issues at hand. Too many low-info voters in the USA who should stay home.


I will vote, although I know my small vote makes no difference. I enjoy seeing my neighbors at the polls at 6 am, with my Dunkin in one hand and my photo ID in the other.



Related, the NYT wants to suppress your vote. In fact, they do not want a vote available at all.


Related, Don't 'Vote for the Candidate'


"Voting for the candidate" is plain ignorant


Related: Surveys on playing the race card at election time


Related, Political ignorance around the world

Posted by Bird Dog at 14:00 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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The 60% of the population who won't be voting intuitively know that it won't make a difference who wins.
#1 Hood on 2014-11-03 14:34 (Reply)
And that's the truth. Rampant fraud and corruption. May they and their enablers soon burn where they belong.
#1.1 Mark Matis on 2014-11-03 18:08 (Reply)
Prager's piece is disapointing, no matter how true it may be.

Every campaign in GA right now is about Party, only its "we're not those guys". The nation is horribly divided, with patriotism and loyalty now to the Party rather than the country, the reason elections are so important is we are determining which party will be The Party when the transition to full fascism is complete.

A pox on all their houses.

And senates.
#2 B Moe on 2014-11-03 17:15 (Reply)
You wouldn't say "I enjoy seeing my neighbors at the polls at 6 am, with my Dunkin in one hand and my photo ID in the other." if your name WAS Dunkin.

The NYT apparently foresees Dems losing Big-Time.
#3 Sam L. on 2014-11-03 17:46 (Reply)
Pity the FF didn't add a proviso that anyone who receives more than 50% of their income from the public purse (any source) should be denied the vote. I surprised they didn't, they knew the danger of Democracy and Bread and Circuses.

Do I want to deny some poor welfare mother the vote? Damn right I do.
#4 John the River (Link) on 2014-11-03 17:47 (Reply)
I just relocated to a new state, and have quite consciously decided to refrain from voting this time. For my new district the federal and state-wide offices are a foregone conclusion anyway, and I know I just don't know enough about the local candidates to make an informed decision. By two-years from now I think I'll have a pretty good handle on who the stupid or corrupt ones are.
#5 Douglas2 on 2014-11-03 17:52 (Reply)
For those who choose to not vote I can only say thank you. If you are either uninformed or uninterested then feel free to stay home. What I do not like is the voter fraud and manipulation of the voting machines and counts. The entire voting process is overdue for some changes that would ensure our votes count and the votes of dead people and other illegal votes do not count.
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-11-03 18:12 (Reply)

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