Idiots in the Snow
June 30, 2009 – 3:47 pmI have a hard time understanding why people who would live in Minnesota choose to. It is becoming clearer however. Now, apologies to Minnesotans, but it is one of those “great place to visit (in summer) but wouldn’t live there” States.
The apparent election won (stolen?) by Al Franken (Stuart Smalley) for U.S. Senate gives a glimmer of insight into my question above. Anyone who would vote for a mediocre comedian with zero experience has to be misguided, ignorant, lazy, an idiot (not in general just in this case), foolish or some combination. Well, HALF (roughly) of the Minnehahaians who voted for Senator last year apparently are just so, as described previously.
Universal suffrage seems to be something that fosters such outcomes as a poorly skilled not-so-funny man can win (manipulated, cheated and arbitrarily adjudicated) election to the U.S. Senate. While the Congress and Constitution specifically prohibit tests and taxes for suffrage we ought to consider an amendment. Let’s use a Heinlein idea. Require each voter to solve a quadratic equation and answer 3 common civics questions in order to activate their voting booth. Can’t do it? Can’t vote (not allowed).
Letting the lazy and ignorant who CHOOSE to be sheople vote seems akin to giving a 6 year old 2 shots of whiskey and a loaded pistol.
The result? Stuart Smalley, D-Minnehaha
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