Just to be clear - you aren’t lumping we Land-owning, Educated, Informed, Gun-toting, Bible-thumping, God-Fearing Conservative WOMEN in that group, are you?
I didn’t think so... :)
I didn’t think so... :)
FReepmail.
Our biggest problem is that we have so many ignorant, moronic, selfish, and ill-informed voters.
It is my opinion that voting is a responsibility and should be treated much the same as driving. Therefore, every citizen who wishes to have the right to vote should pass the same written test that legal immigrants take for citizenship.
A couple of thoughts: 1) voting has become a sort of lottery where you get a ticket for breathing (note 1) and your winnings depend on aligning yourself with the most powerful special interest bloc, but originally it was a check on the power of government — a way for the governed to withdraw their "consent" if necessary. In its original form, everybody didn't NEED to vote.
2) In a country where the women do not consider their menfolk to be class enemies and patriarchal oppressors, said women tend to be in stable families, with husbands and fathers, you know — in that case every married man gets an extra vote. More, if he has voting age daughters living at home.
The Founding Fathers knew these things, of course.
Note 1: This rule (like most rules) does not apply to Democrats, of course. Breathing is optional for them.