Re: O/T: A Milestone

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:55:36 -0400, "EXT" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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It's also the first year that I've ever kept my big mouth shut about
who/why/when etc... Because as I've told my non-voting friends for years,
"If
you don't vote, you have no right to bitch"..

That is not true. If you feel that there is nobody qualified for the job,
you don't want to be responsible for putting a politician into power who can
do harm just so you can have a vote. You are then still able to bitch about
the lame duck whom others put into power.

I still think that instead of just a "write in" box, which is a throw away vote,
IMO, there should be a "none of the above"..
If a certain percentage vote NOTA, they have a specified time to find new
candidates and try again..


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