Elections, Part 5

Glad to be back. I did indeed get distracted a couple days ago with the Haggard business, along the weird sidebar about Dr. Deagle. The election is now only two days away. I've heard that the Haggard outing and the verdict date of the Saddam trial was an attempt to influence the election, and maybe it was. After all, the voters have shown themselves to be that dumb. Have you seen the campaign ads? I don't think all that money is a complete waste, otherwise the politicians would have intelligent things to say by now. Judging by the ads, most of us are incapable of thinking and are easily swayed by ad hominem attacks and a non-existent Social Security Trust Fund. Check this out: "The proceeds of both (the employee and the employer) taxes are to be paid into the treasury like other internal revenue generally, and are NOT earmarked in any way." [Helvering v. Davis, U.S. 619, 635 (1937)]
Anyways, I was just pointing out that Eric Hufschmid is right about voting maybe we really are this bad. It is true that the leaders we select and their character reflect on us and our character in the same way as our purchases. Only corrupt or stupid people select and tolerate corrupt or incompetent leaders. I'd also have to say that judging by political contributions and votes, most of our officials from both parties are corrupt. Now I will finally show you why American voters are literally dumber than chimps. Now, be nice to the politicians and say that only half of them on your ballot are corrupt. Now if you send the monkeys in to vote, they randomly select the candidates. Some of the candidates would still be corrupt, but others would be from third parties, creating gridlock, and there would be many more honest officials. The monkeys would do a better job. The monkeys would disregard the incumbents and the stupid ads, and could not be manipulated by gerrymandering. So if you want to be regarded as smarter than a chimp, act like it. You can give up and quit voting because you realize that you're bad at it, and that's OK. Or you could try and do better. Don't pressure people to vote if they don't want to; that won't elect better leaders. We need less people to vote. Or maybe just smarter people. The point is I'm trying to make is that better leaders can be elected whenever people want to. You're not wasting your vote unless you're voting for a corrupt poilitician, i.e, most with an R or D. Write in somebody if you want. Or stay home. Just don't empower the criminals.