Don't Forget To Vote !!!
Tomorrow is Election Day here in the United States, and as promised, I'm reminding you to get out and vote. I'm not saying that you don't have a right to bitch if you don't vote; I'm saying that if you bitch but don't vote, you're a lame-ass mofo. (Of course, I mean that in the nicest possible way.) For those of you in other countries, you can just sit back and observe the spectacle.
Here in the state of Michigan, the biggest race to be decided is the goober-natorial race. As a public service, here are links to the two main candidates for the office of Head Goober:
Jennifer Granholm, incumbent
Dick DeVos, challenger
I'd also like to offer you the handy-dandy Jim McKee Voting Guide. What is it, you may ask? Well, quite simply, it's a guide to use when you can't make up your mind who or what to vote for, or if you haven't studied up on the issues.
The Jim McKee Voting Guide
1. If you know NOTHING AT ALL about any of the candidates for a given office, vote AGAINST the incumbent. (It's clearly indicated on the ballot which candidate is the incumbent. And for you half-brainers in the crowd, the word "incumbent" means the person who is currently holding the office.) It's far better to have more of the public take their turns as lawmakers.
2. As far as proposals or propositions, read the description of what the actual proposal means. If it seems like it will make life more fair for the greatest number of people, vote for it; otherwise, vote against it.
3. If you can't make heads or tails of the proposal description, vote against it. If it gets defeated, but it was something worthwhile, someone will put it on the ballot again, and maybe next time, they'll do a better job of informing the public.
4. Speaking of heads and tails... when all else fails, flip a coin.
Feel free to print out the Guide, and take it with you when you go to vote.
I'm Jim McKee, and I approve this message.
Here in the state of Michigan, the biggest race to be decided is the goober-natorial race. As a public service, here are links to the two main candidates for the office of Head Goober:
Jennifer Granholm, incumbent
Dick DeVos, challenger
I'd also like to offer you the handy-dandy Jim McKee Voting Guide. What is it, you may ask? Well, quite simply, it's a guide to use when you can't make up your mind who or what to vote for, or if you haven't studied up on the issues.
The Jim McKee Voting Guide
1. If you know NOTHING AT ALL about any of the candidates for a given office, vote AGAINST the incumbent. (It's clearly indicated on the ballot which candidate is the incumbent. And for you half-brainers in the crowd, the word "incumbent" means the person who is currently holding the office.) It's far better to have more of the public take their turns as lawmakers.
2. As far as proposals or propositions, read the description of what the actual proposal means. If it seems like it will make life more fair for the greatest number of people, vote for it; otherwise, vote against it.
3. If you can't make heads or tails of the proposal description, vote against it. If it gets defeated, but it was something worthwhile, someone will put it on the ballot again, and maybe next time, they'll do a better job of informing the public.
4. Speaking of heads and tails... when all else fails, flip a coin.
Feel free to print out the Guide, and take it with you when you go to vote.
I'm Jim McKee, and I approve this message.
posted by Jim McKee at 10:49 AM
9 Comments:
Jim- While I would generally agree with all of your bullet points, in this particular race, I can't say that voting against the incumbent is the best way to go. While Granholm may not have been the best governor, Dick DeVos was the CEO of Amway, which tells me all I need to know about his positions on the working class and job creation. He's been more than happy to take hard-earned money from working class people while sending jobs overseas, whatever it takes to add more money to his multi-billion dollar fortune. DeVos is interested in what's best for him, not Michigan, so I'd encourage everyone to visit Gov. Granholm's site and see for yourself why she's the best candidate for Michigan.
Ah, but I feel that you may have missed the point of the Voting Guide.
The Guide is for those who really haven't kept up on things, and have no clue how to vote. Obviously, that's not you, as you appear to have very clear-cut opinions.
Further, it's a general guide, not meant to endorse any particular candidate or position.
I do have my own views, but I have taken great pains to keep them off of my web site, because that's not the directions I wanted the site to take. Yes, I *could* post my views... it is my web site, after all... but I don't want a political slug-fest.
I do have to say, though, that the opinion you posted sounds just like a Granholm ad, so I wonder if you did any independent research (i.e., using non-party-sponsored sources). I don't believe any candidate's ads, because most of them are lies and bullshit.
Here in England, we'll be watchinmg the fun.
Here in England, we'll be watchinmg the fun.
JIM McKEE for President!!!!!
I am Bambi and I approve this message!
We have an ad in our state that has a bunch of young children saying bad things about the other candidate, such as "I want to lie to get what I want, so vote for Mike Beebe." Like a 6 or 7 year old kid saying this! Kinda crazy. One of the candidate's for assesor's son lives across the street from me, and he is CUTE, so that is worth a vote in my book!
I am SOOOOOOO sick of political ads. Thankfully, in Michigan, they cannot run them on Election Day, so after midnight tonight, I won't have to hear or see any more of them for a good long time. Ugh!!!
I approve your message too. And I am all for voting against anyone who is currently in office. Good, bad or indifferent, something is not working in the government and we need change.
It's not the party, it's the people...I vote all over the board because I would prefer an honest person I disagree with politically than a dishonest person I agree with...you know what I mean...
I thought your guide was funny, especially #4. Cool law in MI re the ads! Oh, I'm so tired of them. I'll be voting tomorrow!
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