Young, Dumb and full of Stupid
The big cry over the last 4 years, mostly by democrats, is that not enough young people turn out to vote. They need the young people to turn out, because all the old crusty Floridians couldn't figure out how to use the ballot last time. So this year there has been a huge campaign to register people, especially 18-25 year olds to vote. Again registering to vote and voting are two seperate acts, so as of right now they have only completed half the process. But it did get me thinking about these youngsters and if I really wanted them to vote. I guess it comes down to this, would you rather have a big turn out with 65% of them being totally uneducated about the candidates and the issues OR a small turn out were 85% are knowledgable about the candidates and the issues.
I was on the fence with this for a long while, mostly leaning toward a small turnout of educated voters. Now in my daily life I come across a multitude of youngsters in this age demographic and let me tell ya, a lot of them are dumb. And these are kids in college, the "future leaders of our country." Most of these kids fall into the democratic side of the ballot. Mainly because there God is MTV which is decidely democratic. I mean seriously people MTV is about as fair and balanced as Fox News. All these kids do is say, we need to vote for Kerry because Bush took us to war. Oh really, why did he take us to war, go ahead ask any of them if they know anything about the war or homeland security or education or the economy. Unless MTV just interrupted the 48th Road Rules/Real World Challenege to tell them what they should know. To prove my point, last night on Hardball with Chris Mathews was on the campus at Arizona State, home to the third and final debate of John Kerry and George W. Bush. There was a great crowd of students there whom he was interviewing, just sweeping through the crowd and asking questions. He came to a halt, and said "Ok, now without telling me who you are voting for I want you to give me a one word answer on what is the most important issue for you in this upcoming election." Here is a sampling of those answers:
"No Child left behind"
"The war in Iraq"
"Abortion and the war in Iraq"
"A womens right to choose"
"Honesty of a president"
"Who can lead the country"
"Education and also Abortion, go Bush"
"I voted for John Kerry"
"What was the question?"
"I'd have to say terrorism and the war"
"The economy and the war"
In 11 answers there were 56 words. That is a 5 words per answer. Plus some of them did not even answer the question. And we are rushing out and throwing Rock concerts to register these people to vote. I do not want someone to register to vote just cause Ben Affleck told them too, and then have them vote for whomever P. Diddy says to vote for. I just don't feel that everyone should be allowed to vote. There must be some kind fo exam we can come up with, like a drivers test, that people have to pass in order to be able to vote. And don't give me any of that constitution bullshit, because we are allowed to ammend things to the constitution. If the Declaration of Independence were written today it would say all Americans have the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Stupidity.
I was on the fence with this for a long while, mostly leaning toward a small turnout of educated voters. Now in my daily life I come across a multitude of youngsters in this age demographic and let me tell ya, a lot of them are dumb. And these are kids in college, the "future leaders of our country." Most of these kids fall into the democratic side of the ballot. Mainly because there God is MTV which is decidely democratic. I mean seriously people MTV is about as fair and balanced as Fox News. All these kids do is say, we need to vote for Kerry because Bush took us to war. Oh really, why did he take us to war, go ahead ask any of them if they know anything about the war or homeland security or education or the economy. Unless MTV just interrupted the 48th Road Rules/Real World Challenege to tell them what they should know. To prove my point, last night on Hardball with Chris Mathews was on the campus at Arizona State, home to the third and final debate of John Kerry and George W. Bush. There was a great crowd of students there whom he was interviewing, just sweeping through the crowd and asking questions. He came to a halt, and said "Ok, now without telling me who you are voting for I want you to give me a one word answer on what is the most important issue for you in this upcoming election." Here is a sampling of those answers:
"No Child left behind"
"The war in Iraq"
"Abortion and the war in Iraq"
"A womens right to choose"
"Honesty of a president"
"Who can lead the country"
"Education and also Abortion, go Bush"
"I voted for John Kerry"
"What was the question?"
"I'd have to say terrorism and the war"
"The economy and the war"
In 11 answers there were 56 words. That is a 5 words per answer. Plus some of them did not even answer the question. And we are rushing out and throwing Rock concerts to register these people to vote. I do not want someone to register to vote just cause Ben Affleck told them too, and then have them vote for whomever P. Diddy says to vote for. I just don't feel that everyone should be allowed to vote. There must be some kind fo exam we can come up with, like a drivers test, that people have to pass in order to be able to vote. And don't give me any of that constitution bullshit, because we are allowed to ammend things to the constitution. If the Declaration of Independence were written today it would say all Americans have the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Stupidity.
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