Presidential Elections

[Night Stalker]

This is kinda America specific, but could be extrapolated to the politicians of other countries as well.

Anyway .... the 80's had Bill n Opus - they didn't get too much turn out, but they had cool campain Tshirts.

I was hoping that Calvin n Hobbes would have run in the '90s, but Bill Waterson stopped producing them.

I would like to see Tigger and Pooh get a turn out this decade. Anyone have any other ideas?

I think it would be the biggest lark, and best protest that could ever be stagged. It's even better than electing a corpse to the Senate. It would let those politicos just what we really think of them - to not choose any of them.

I mean really, it seems that there two types of DemoRepublicrats. "Centrists" that have no real position beyond the opinions of their campain funding sources. And "Extremists" ("left" or "right") that would better serve the county by running for the Darwin Awards, not public office.

I post this cuz I've seen in other threads opinions on who has the "right" to vote. And didn't want to hijack the thread. One metric often ignored in exit polls is the % of non voters. A lot of people think that if you don't vote, you have no right to complain. But showing the politicos just how few they really represent should be a wake up call for them. Anyway, Jefferson was right when, observing Madison's and Hamilton's power jockeying, he stated that political parties would be the ruin of the country. Politicians are supposed to represent their constituants, not "the party line".

Anyway, interested in all opinions ....

[Ronn_Bman]

I would have voted for Calvin and Hobbes in the 90s, but since they didn't run, I went with Perot.

On a serious note, I don't think "not voting" is a valid option. It doesn't let politicians know what you think of them. They can't tell a protester from someone that's too lazy to get out and "rock the vote", and they really don't care about the difference. They only have to convince the majority of those that do vote of their ideas, and they're in.

Voting for the lesser of the evils running for office sends more of a message than a no-vote ever could.

[Ronn_Bman]

Originally posted by Night Stalker: Anyway, Jefferson was right when, observing Madison's and Hamilton's power jockeying, he stated that political parties would be the ruin of the country. Politicians are supposed to represent their constituants, not "the party line".

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-men.

[Night Stalker]

Very true, and I'm not advocating not voting. I think that everyone should vote. And I don't agree with the opinion "you don't have a 'real job' you can't vote". That just becomes elitist, valuing certain people opinions over others.