don't vote???
i just read an interesting editorial in barron's this morning.
the writer recommends that if i haven't made up my mind by now, i shouldn't vote. that if i do not have a formed opinion on which one of these dickheads will come closer to representing my views at this point, i am the moron for not educating myself well enough, and my vote will just muck up the election. and that the campaigns are just smoke & mirrors & don't mean a damn thing.
kinda harsh, but there is definitely some cranky wisdom to it, i think.....at least as far as trying to get someone like myself to really look at issues & where the candidates stand (or claim to stand) on them.
the writer goes on to say that if i'm going to go vote anyway, without a thought-out opinion, that i should vote across the board to throw out incumbents. judges, alderman, presidents..........if i don't KNOW they're doing something good, get 'em out. change is always good.
wow. i thought i was reading a conservative, business-head paper. i am very impressed with how much this writer made me think today.
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