I've seen alot of answers from females stating that "well she's a women, that's why I'll vote for Hillary" to me that is a stupid reason. would you trust a person like that to vote on important local issues as well?
2007-10-18 19:20:16 · 9 answers · asked by a person of interest 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I have seen the same thing said here many times.
It is the SILLIEST reason I have ever seen given for electing a president and you are right, it's indicative of nothing more than ignorance and stupidity.
2007-10-18 19:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by wider scope 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Personally I would prefer an informed electorate, but sadly many just do not fill the bill in this area. However, the alternative of restricting voting on such a basis is a little too close to fascism for me. If we decide today that people are too stupid to vote, what excuses will we use tomorrow to keep other self perceived undesirables away from the polls. Voting is a right, not a privilege. End of story.
2007-10-19 02:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's very stupid... It's a shame there are so many stupid people, with such loud voices (Fox News, etc), In fact where we've gotten to now when the last election was staged by 2 fellow 'Bonesmen', (Bush & Kerry- both members of the secret society which all lots of high-flyers in politics come from), freedom my butt.
Maybe in responce to stupid people being allowed to vote for stupid reasons, you should have to be able to recall 5 or so of the person your voting fors policies from a list of say 25 in order for the vote to go through, or those informed votes get given 'priority' or importance over the others.
So the only hope to change direction and get back our freedom, and get our troops home in any forseeable future without the notion of using nuclear missiles for pre-empitive attacks (E.g. against Iran, N.Korea, etc), and for any kind of recovery of our money from the monopoly of the Federal reserve & other banks.
Theres one answer: RON PAUL '08!
2007-10-19 02:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the answers from females that I have seen are negative. America had some great years during the Bill Clinton administration, even when the Republicans were spending millions of our tax dollars dragging an oval office BJ in front of the entire world and trying to frame Hillary for a bad land deal that one of her colleagues supported and SHE lost money on.
Anyway, I do agree that an intelligence test prior to registering to vote might be a good idea. Without all of the trailer park living, pickup truck driving, NASCAR watching functional illiterate inbreds voting for Bush in 2000 and 2004 maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now.
2007-10-19 02:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Robert Heinlen had the best idea ever on who should be allowed to vote in his book Starship Troopers.
2007-10-19 03:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by satcomgrunt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you don't know anything about the platforms of people and their opponents, then you should not vote.
If you are not smart enough to register to vote, before election day, then you should not vote.
If you are not smart enough to take a photo ID and your voter registration card with you, you should not vote.
If you don't pay taxes, you should not vote, namely because you have no stake in the government.
2007-10-19 02:24:02 · answer #6 · answered by The Patrioteer 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
People should have a voter ID, and have to pass a literacy and competency test before getting it.
2007-10-19 02:28:36 · answer #7 · answered by Adolf Schmichael 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2007-10-19 02:38:09 · answer #8 · answered by tercelclub 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-10-19 02:26:11 · answer #9 · answered by suanniiq 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋