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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / November 2006Portrait of the average American voter...
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original  SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson Considering less than half of all Americans even bother to vote perhaps you credit them with more smarts than they deserve. > http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original > Considering less than half of all Americans even bother to vote > perhaps you credit them with more smarts than they deserve. Ya...I was in a kind mood... >> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original >> >> -- >> Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: >> www.pbase.com/markuson SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson >> Considering less than half of all Americans even bother to vote >> perhaps you credit them with more smarts than they deserve. > > Ya...I was in a kind mood... Why vote for an idiot? >>> http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original >>> >>> -- >>> Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: >>> www.pbase.com/markuson J. Clarke skrev: > >> Considering less than half of all Americans even bother to vote > >> perhaps you credit them with more smarts than they deserve. > Why vote for an idiot? You've missed the essence of democracy. It's not about getting the best guy possible. Enlightened despotism is much better at that - at the risk, of course, of getting a really non-enlightened despot from time to time. No, democracy is about safety - predictably getting the least bad out of the people who actually have bothered to stand. (Or run, on your side of the pond.) There may well only be idiots standing for a particular office at a given election. But it is highly unlikely that they all are equally useless from a given voter's viewpoint. Jan Böhme J. Clarke skrev: > > Pete D wrote: > >> Considering less than half of all Americans even bother to vote > >> perhaps you credit them with more smarts than they deserve. > Why vote for an idiot? You've missed the essence of democracy. It's not about getting the best guy possible. Enlightened despotism is much better at that - at the risk, of course, of getting a really non-enlightened despot from time to time. No, democracy is about safety - predictably getting the least bad out of the people who actually have bothered to stand. (Or run, on your side of the pond.) There may well only be idiots standing for a particular office at a given election. But it is highly unlikely that they all are equally useless from a given voter's viewpoint. Well, actually they are, which is why most Americans don't vote. You throw one set of scoundrels out and the next set doesn't fix anything, just leaves all the old mistakes in place and adds a new set. a.shole > a.shole If the electorate disagrees with "him" then they must be simians. >> a.shole > > If the electorate disagrees with "him" then they must be simians. Did either of you read the note below the image? SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson > a.shole Why? SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson > http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original Maybe this fact will dawn on them in 2009 when the average American is "dontating" 15% of their income to fight the myth of global warming while the Asians sit back and laugh because somehow (despite global warming being such an "urgent" problem) they were left out of the Kyoto control regulations. What kills me is that the voters performed the usual "knee-jerk" reaction, goaded by the media into over-reacting to the non-war that is Iraq. If they commit the ultimate sin (and vote the Democrats into the White House while they control Congress and the Senate) then God help you all!!! > Maybe this fact will dawn on them in 2009 when the average American is > "dontating" [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the Democrats into the White House while they control Congress and the > Senate) then God help you all!!! Don't forget Mexico where one can buy a 30# jug of R-12 for $50 that would cost $750 here in the US thanks to this farce. Livestock produce more greenhouse gas than all the Freon ever created. And you can go to Mexico where a kid can be a kid and teeth on a windowsill painted with lead paint. Oh, the good old days. Rita > http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/69939652/original Would be easy to mistake the fellow in this photo for the President ... except for the fact that the subject appears to be an intelligent beast. ds |
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