Tuesday, March 3, 2009

You can vote drunk; all you need to do is be able to recognize the R or D

Sen. McCoy is carrying a bill this session allowing state liquor stores to stay open on election day. A Republican Senator joked, what if he had a little too much and voted for a Democrat? Don't worry though, as long as you are sober enough to recognize the R or D you know what you are getting, right? That was the argument in ANOTHER Senate committee. Direct nonpartisan elections of State School Board officials was shot down. They want the R or D, so you know what you are getting. We are not smart enough to do a little research and find out for ourselves. We need candidates to pick a side. Are you for vouchers or against them? For sex education or abstinence only? Are you an R or a D? Wow, I would hate to vote for the individual instead of the party. So have a drink and head down to vote, you can hit that straight party button at the beginning and be on your way comfortably knowing you voted for all the best candidates.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

absolutely correct you are. my wife and I have successfully gotten her parents to stop voting a straight party line of R's and begin looking at the candidates. we'll keep working on that one family at a time.

Annalia Romero said...

Why not do both? I like having the R and D (it tells you things about a candidate that they may not be willing to say), but I know that their voting records are even more revealing.