On 2/5/13 12:29 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:26 AM, John Bambenek > <bambenek.info...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2/5/13 11:54 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:39 AM, John Bambenek >>> <bambenek.info...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It never gets old seeing the statement "voting contrary to their own >>>> self-interest" because someone doesn't vote as you would have them do so. >>>> I >>>> harbor no illusions that both major parties are pretty worthless, but the >>>> unmitigated gall of that statement alone is appalling. You want to know >>>> why >>>> our political system is screwed up, it's that exact mentality. >>>> >>> Spoken like a true Republican. :-) >>> >>> - ferg >>> >>> >> Republicans say shit like that too. I may have run as one, but I'm an >> equal opportunity partisan hater. That's probably not accurate, my most >> heated bile is reserved for Republicans. > I agree with you there, and there is enough to complain about > involving all parties, incumbents, etc. > > - ferg > > The biggest problem is that most people don't bother to get informed. It isn't self-interest or whatever. Heck, most of the time every candidate on the ballot sucks so does it really matter who you vote for? For instance, you might support typical Democratic policies, but do you really want a child rapist (Menendez) as your Senator. Or whoever that Florida pervert Congressman was in 2006.
There are far too many voters who say "I kinda know that name, I'm voting for him", hence incumbents have a 98%ish reelect rate. At that rate, nothing changes and everything that we see as partisan rancor is really just infotainment masturbation for FoxNews and MSNBC. Exhibit A, the gun control debate. We all know it's going nowhere because Harry Reid won't call anything. But it's good for fundraising so rage on kids. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
