When Democrats Lose Elections the Media Push to Annihilate the Constitution
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I am constantly amazed that we do not judge people under 21 to have the maturity to buy and consume a freaking beer, but they can vote. Something is wrong there.
The local liberal Raleigh paper, the News & Observer, is filled today with columns under a banner "Why midterms must go". I guess when the Democrats lose -- the university-connected college professors get very upset and want to change the elections to suit their liberal perspectives. As a representative sample from the paper today I give you -
For the sake of democracy, let’s cancel the midterm elections
By David Schanzer and Jay Sullivan
David Schanzer is a professor of public policy, and Jay Sullivan is a junior at Duke University
(Just an expanded version of the NYT article that started this thread)
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/04/4293456/for-the-sake-of-democracy-lets.html
Zane: Our cultural cocoons just one force driving vicious hyper-partisanship
Contributing columnist J. Peder Zane can be reached at jpederzane@jpederzane.com.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/04/4293485/zane-our-cultural-cocoons-just.html
For the sake of democracy, let’s cancel the midterm elections
By David Schanzer and Jay Sullivan
David Schanzer is a professor of public policy, and Jay Sullivan is a junior at Duke University
(Just an expanded version of the NYT article that started this thread)
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/04/4293456/for-the-sake-of-democracy-lets.html
Zane: Our cultural cocoons just one force driving vicious hyper-partisanship
Contributing columnist J. Peder Zane can be reached at jpederzane@jpederzane.com.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/04/4293485/zane-our-cultural-cocoons-just.html
Lowering the vote from 21 to 18 was a mistake but it was not entirely a democrat scheme. It has more to do with the fact that an 18 year old can be a soldier and lose his/her life in war and at that time involuntarily under the draft. Probably those people should have the vote, right?
The age necessary to vote should have remained 21 years and an exception introduced for active duty military members that allows them to vote regardless of their age. I joined the USAF when I was 17. Not sure if they still let people in that young.
I disagree. I meet plenty of college-age 18 to 20 year old people who are well aware of the issues and mature enough to vote.
Yeah... right to vote the legalization of pot and to receive a parasitic subsidy check from the government for doing nothing except voting for DemoCraps.
On O'Reilly's "Watters World" segment, they survey "the man on the street" on a wide spectrum of issues. Nearly all come across as "dumb as a mud fence"... except for when it comes to Jersey Shore, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber...and they get to vote?
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Yeah... right to vote the legalization of pot and to receive a parasitic subsidy check from the government for doing nothing except voting for DemoCraps.
On O'Reilly's "Watters World" segment, they survey "the man on the street" on a wide spectrum of issues. Nearly all come across as "dumb as a mud fence"... except for when it comes to Jersey Shore, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber...and they get to vote?
Many of the 18 to 20 year olds I know are going to college. They tend to work hard in jobs while attending school. Most vote Republican and don't smoke pot. Do you really want to cut off our future Doctors, Nurses, Engineers, and Business Owners from voting at an early age or do you want to urge them to get involved in the political process?
Depends upon what you mean by "get involved in political process". If that's "vote for more parasitic benefits for myself at the expense of others", I say NO!
I want people to vote for what's "best for the country". Young people generally can't see past their own noses. That's not a knock on them specifically, other than they don't have enough "life experience".
Same reason we don't allow 12-yr olds to buy cigarettes or liquor.
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At 21 they need a job and so have some skin in the game. I think people vote more carefully when they have something at stake.
“Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”
― Winston S. Churchill
― Winston S. Churchill