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What I will never understand are those who just plain do not vote. No matter what reason these people give, it makes no sense to me.
Me either.
I live in a small city of some 72,000 people. We recently had a vote to determine our school budget. 2767 voted.
Only 2767 freaking people bothered to vote. Out of 41,087 registered voters, only 6.73% of them bothered to vote in an election that more directly impacts their bottom line than any other vote.
And then we have to listen to nitwits complain that both parties are the same and they all suck.
I live in a small city of some 72,000 people. We recently had a vote to determine our school budget. 2767 voted.
Only 2767 freaking people bothered to vote. Out of 41,087 registered voters, only 6.73% of them bothered to vote in an election that more directly impacts their bottom line than any other vote.
And then we have to listen to nitwits complain that both parties are the same and they all suck.
OP, if you don't like it, get involved.
I agree. If you want real change, run for local office. Local offices impact people the most, and are the easiest way to get your foot in the door with promoting a party or ideology. Paul was trying to run before he could crawl, put simply
I live in a small city of some 72,000 people. We recently had a vote to determine our school budget. 2767 voted.
Only 2767 freaking people bothered to vote. Out of 41,087 registered voters, only 6.73% of them bothered to vote in an election that more directly impacts their bottom line than any other vote.
And then we have to listen to nitwits complain that both parties are the same and they all suck.
OP, if you don't like it, get involved.
and many of the 90 plus % that didn't vote will be the most vocal if they don't like the way things are going....
Some people get it, like you, gen811.
Other will just continue to be slaves to the kingdom.
We need something totally different in and from our government. No government would even be better than this corrupt joke that is dragging everyone from the middle class on down into the gutter.
And the thing that I will never understand is how (and why) anyone would ever make a donation to these shysters.
Unreal.
it is people like you that got obama elected
these lazy assed people that stay home has no right to an opinion!!
shame on you!!
what the hell are you doing here if you are too frigging high minded to vote!
Please re read the OP.
There are other choices besides the 2 major parties.
I don't want to vote for either of the candidates (not officially chosen yet, of course) that will probably be on the ballot. I wish everybody that does not like the two running would ask for a write-in ballot and write in the name of the person you would really trust. What do you think would happen? I don't think either one of these candidates knows what a true American really is.
Do you think either candidate has even read the constitution? The news said that Romney's dad tried to run for president and he wasn't even born in this country. Some of the things I read on this forum makes me wonder how many people who go vote even know what the process is and why and how these things get done.
Have you ever wondered what they are teaching in school now. I was watching the North Carolina history program on Wingate TV today and learned things I didn't even know. Maybe history is wasted on the young. I used to remember a lot of dates, etc. but now I can really understand what the history was and how things are supposed to work in America.
It is interesting to me that our forefathers refused to join the union of the United States of America before they discussed the adoption of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights were laws in our state constitution that our forefathers wanted to make sure they had when the union of the states were formed. Our state wasn't even in on electing George Washington for the First President. We were considered a foreign country along with RI. North Carolina was the twelth state to join the union after they were told the Bill of Rights would be added and I am thinking RI held out until the Bill of Rights was adopted.
One of our teachers recently made the news when she told a student he could be arrested for being critical of Obama. Maybe we need to make the study of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights mandatory. But then I think it is, but if the teacher does not get it, how are the children going to learn the way our government works.
I used to be a Democrat and one year I didn't like anyone on the ballot, so I asked for a write-in ballot and was told I had the choice of those on the ballot only. You can always ask for a write-in ballot in the main election though. Some year I am going to do just that.
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