Comments on: The Average Person is too Stupid to Vote http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/ Nonpartisan Commentary on the Crazy World of Politics Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:28:05 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: tonythescribe http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-40 tonythescribe Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:33 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-40 Eclecticbird, You are nearing goddess like status with each post. For years, I have believed that most people are too stupid to vote. A test on basic Constitutional rights and a short essay on the Declaration of Independence should be required before anyone is near the ballot box. The test, of course, would be in English. Someone above mentioned that Fox News was not a reliable source—personally; I believe the truth lies somewhere between NPR and Fox. Eclecticbird,

You are nearing goddess like status with each post.

For years, I have believed that most people are too stupid to vote. A test on basic Constitutional rights and a short essay on the Declaration of Independence should be required before anyone is near the ballot box. The test, of course, would be in English.
Someone above mentioned that Fox News was not a reliable source—personally; I believe the truth lies somewhere between NPR and Fox.

]]> By: neonola http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-37 neonola Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:50:59 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-37 In New Orleans, politicians almost admit they believe their voting base is too stupid to vote. On election days, groups on street corners pass out 'ballot guides'; papers for stupids to take into the voting booth that list which candidate to vote for in each race. Great post! In New Orleans, politicians almost admit they believe their voting base is too stupid to vote. On election days, groups on street corners pass out ‘ballot guides’; papers for stupids to take into the voting booth that list which candidate to vote for in each race. Great post!

]]> By: lwatrous http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-34 lwatrous Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:02:50 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-34 I love this post. I think the average person is way too stupid to vote! Obama is a great candidate regardless of what people are thinking about him, and hopefully those people who think that about Obama will not vote at all, because the last thing we need is another Republican in the office. I love this post. I think the average person is way too stupid to vote! Obama is a great candidate regardless of what people are thinking about him, and hopefully those people who think that about Obama will not vote at all, because the last thing we need is another Republican in the office.

]]> By: khlindsey http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-32 khlindsey Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:23:33 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-32 I am sick of things being dumbed down also. However, I don't believe pretending the dumb down isn't taking place is an effective way to address it. I hope I am wrong. I live inside the beltway--but "home" is Texas. My inbox is filled with misinformation re: Obama--and interestingly enough, the only thing I have received about McCain was a glowing tribute to his wife--who according to this email must be St. Thersa...The people who want to believe Obama is the antiChrist truly believe we are the one's who are too stupid to "get it"--we are the enemy in their eyes--and they have just been given a new poster courtesy New Yorker. I haven't gotten to say a thing about how very on target I thought the cover was--I just think it will be used in the wrong way based on what I have already seen--and I am sick of it. I am sick of things being dumbed down also. However, I don’t believe pretending the dumb down isn’t taking place is an effective way to address it. I hope I am wrong. I live inside the beltway–but “home” is Texas. My inbox is filled with misinformation re: Obama–and interestingly enough, the only thing I have received about McCain was a glowing tribute to his wife–who according to this email must be St. Thersa…The people who want to believe Obama is the antiChrist truly believe we are the one’s who are too stupid to “get it”–we are the enemy in their eyes–and they have just been given a new poster courtesy New Yorker. I haven’t gotten to say a thing about how very on target I thought the cover was–I just think it will be used in the wrong way based on what I have already seen–and I am sick of it.

]]> By: bill_finger http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-29 bill_finger Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:37:25 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-29 The reason I didn't vote when I was first eligible was because I didn't think I had the right to. I wasn't informed enough about politics. Stupid people should not vote, and I'm not afraid to go a step farther and say conservatives should not vote. Anyone who gets their news from Fox News is not getting news. Regarding the New Yorker cover, I still have some mixed feelings over it. Although it was meant as a satire, that was not my first thought when I saw it. The problem is there's a large fraction of people out there who are terrified of the idea of a president with "Hussein" as a middle name. Though I doubt these people read the New Yorker, the controversial cartoon would only seem to add fuel to their fires. The reason I didn’t vote when I was first eligible was because I didn’t think I had the right to. I wasn’t informed enough about politics. Stupid people should not vote, and I’m not afraid to go a step farther and say conservatives should not vote. Anyone who gets their news from Fox News is not getting news.

Regarding the New Yorker cover, I still have some mixed feelings over it. Although it was meant as a satire, that was not my first thought when I saw it. The problem is there’s a large fraction of people out there who are terrified of the idea of a president with “Hussein” as a middle name. Though I doubt these people read the New Yorker, the controversial cartoon would only seem to add fuel to their fires.

]]> By: mayaruin http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-28 mayaruin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:33:37 +0000 http://whatisupwithpolitics.today.com/2008/07/14/the-average-person-is-too-stupid-to-vote/#comment-28 I still think all voters should be required to take a common sense test before being allowed to cast their ballot! :D Btw, just one thing about the fist bump. If it truly is a terrorist sign then I'm guessing most of the teenage stars on the Disney Channel are terrorist because they use it all the time - albeit I wouldn't mind of some of them stepped out of the spotlight!! Maybe it started out as that decades ago but it has been part of the American culture for a long time now. Personally, I don't get it *shrugs*. I think some of the issue re. the New Yorker (at least for me) wasn't that it was done but that if the same thing had been done using McCain there would have been heads rolling before dawn. For me it's the double standard involved. I did hear the article was very good though. I still think all voters should be required to take a common sense test before being allowed to cast their ballot! :D

Btw, just one thing about the fist bump. If it truly is a terrorist sign then I’m guessing most of the teenage stars on the Disney Channel are terrorist because they use it all the time - albeit I wouldn’t mind of some of them stepped out of the spotlight!! Maybe it started out as that decades ago but it has been part of the American culture for a long time now. Personally, I don’t get it *shrugs*.

I think some of the issue re. the New Yorker (at least for me) wasn’t that it was done but that if the same thing had been done using McCain there would have been heads rolling before dawn. For me it’s the double standard involved. I did hear the article was very good though.

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