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My NEW voting plan
November 3, 2008 – 2:42 pmThe more I think about it, the more it bothers me that we let just anyone vote.
For example, let’s take the people who buy jeans that give them a muffin top and then wear them. In public. Or the people who STILL insist on talking on their cell phones while driving. Or the people who wear Crocs all the time to everywhere. They’re Crocs, people, they shouldn’t leave the house!
The truth is that some people have impaired judgement. Do we really want them choosing the new leader of the free world?
Which is why I’m proposing a NEW and IMPROVED voting system.
With MY plan, voters have to answer simple questions about the candidates for which they’re voting. If they choose incorrectly, their vote doesn’t count. (Also if they wear Crocs to the polling place. Ahem.)
Here’s an example.
Answer carefully! Questions are harder than they appear. Or are they?
Now it gets REALLY tricky.
If you made it this far…
We’ll take your vote.
Happy election day! And seriously. If you’re not-so-bright, uninformed, or generally just ignorant… Consider staying home this election day, and let the rest of us decide.
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By The Diaper Diaries on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
THis is fabulous. I vote you for president.
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bananas Reply:
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
… as long as you’re not wearing crocs… ;)
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By jsprik on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
lol, if only it were that simple!! hugs and prayers…
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By All Adither on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I don’t often wear normal crocs out of the house, but I just bought Croc boots that are SO cute and unCroclike that I plan to wear them everywhere possible.
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By Sophie,Inzaburbs on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
A classic!
I would like to add, anyone who drives up to the polling station in a bright yellow Hummer. Especially one with those white decals all over the back window.
(Note to my neighborhood: of course I am only joking. Obviously I didn’t mean *you*.)
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By Dumblond on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
Don’t be a Croc hater! I love mine…I don’t wear them out of the house all that often but on occasion, it’s necessary. I have tons of problems with my huge, very flat feet and I have yet to find a good looking pair of shoes that also don’t make my feet hurt by the end of the day. Don’t be a Croc hater!
:)
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By zenmomma on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I don’t mind letting the ignorant vote, as long as *I* get to tell them who to vote for. ;-)
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By Sherilyn on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
Amen on the crocs issue & I think I enjoyed your polling method much more than the current method.
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By Susanne on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
My sister and I were just discussing this subject this very afternoon, and decided that you should have to pass a test in order to vote. I like yours. No ignoramuses (ignoramusi?) allowed.
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By Kimber on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
In all actuality, I’m not sure that I will vote. I don’t like either major candidate.
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By Auds on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I finally got around to trashing my Crocs. In other words, I’m over them. It took two years, but it finally happened.
But now that I read All Adither’s comments about the Croc boots, I might just have to get a pair of those.
The post is hilarious Jenny…even more so because there are some people this truly applies to! *lol*
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By HeatherY on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I don’t even own crocs! Does that mean I get to vote more than once?
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By sheila on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I like the one about the primary issue. lol. how sad this has become.
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By MommyNamedApril on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
A-men!!! I keep telling people not to vote and all I get is dirty looks. But, REALLY, if you don’t know the issues, it’s like throwing a dart and picking the one you hit?!
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By Angie @ Many Little Blessings on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I voted AND I wore my Crocs to the polling place. Take that! ;)
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By Kathleen on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
Luv luv luv your plan! It is positively brilliant.
My mom said just the other day “I used to think everyone should exercise their right to vote but now I don’t think so.”
Couldn’t agree more!
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By HellTygr on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
Woo hoo! You’ve got MY vote.
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By Rabbi's Wife on Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
Actually, there used to be a test for getting to vote. You had to be white, landholding or wealthy, and a male. Fortunately such elitist views were overridden by the suffrage and civil rights movements (which was more than just votes for women and mixed schools).
The problem (if you want to call it that) with equal rights for all citizens is that you have to believe in equal rights all the time, not just when it makes you feel good (like seeing someone with Down’s syndrome flipping burgers) or suits your own purposes (like having them vote for your candidate). I’m not trying to flame you, just point out the logical end to your beginning.
The founding fathers agreed with you, by the way. It was they who set the criterion for voting in the first place.
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bananas Reply:
November 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I hear you. But, for the sake of argument, what’s wrong with the concept of putting some mechanism in place that ensures that people know who/what they’re voting for? Not that it would ever happen, but it seems to me that a simple verification question in the ballot wouldn’t be infringing on anyone’s rights.
We have the “right to bear arms” but that doesn’t mean we hand everyone a gun.
If someone is filling in bubbles but has no idea what they stand for, that isn’t voting. It’s filling in bubbles. Our constituation never guaranteed anyone the right to fill in bubbles.
On the other hand I have a feeling that denying rights to people based on their fashion sense (or lack thereof) is probably not so constitutional. Darn.
:)
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By GHD on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
If only it were that simple…
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By Caity on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
Hi I just stumbled on your blog today. I must say that I agree completely with you. People should need to prove that they are somewhat informed about the issue and haven’t been living in a hole for the past few months. Those images are hilarious but surprisingly enough I know that some people wouldn’t be able to accurately answer them.
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By tuesday on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
I agree, woman who still wear banana clips and men who wear shorts in the winter should not be allowed near the voting centers!
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By Mama Koala on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
Good points! On a Crocs note, I wore them everywhere while pregnant–the only shoes that would fit my HUGELY swollen feet:-)
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By Jenny from Mommin' It Up! on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
I wear Lands End Trellos– not much better than Crocs but seriously can’t I wear them to CVS and Kroger? I wear cute shoes to church and social gatherings, I swear! But shopping - shopping hurts my feet!
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By Stacy (mama-om) on Nov 5, 2008 | Reply
I thought about you as I voted yesterday (NOT wearing crocs)… This was a funny post! I loved the fake questions.
I bet McCain had crocs on while he gave his concession speech.
;)
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By Heidi on Nov 16, 2008 | Reply
Hear, hear! But then, we let people vote who can’t prove who they are, let alone that they know who the candidates are!
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