OT: ELECTIONS - This always bugs me

LilCerberus · November 09, 2005, 02:35:46 AM

Well, another election day has come & gone.
Now that the polls are in, I can rest assured that at least three of the four candidates I voted for won, albeit the fourth one was a forgone conclusion considering they ran unopposed in my district.

Still, I have to say that their's one thing about every election that never fails to annoy me. Those of you who bother with the mid-term, quarterly & off-year elections should know what I'm talking about.

The ads.

No, I don't mean those negative attack ads. I mean all the exposure & publicity given to anrybody running for anything anywhere in the state. And it's not the vast number of these ads that bugs me.

What bugs me is that none of these people who can afford a TV spot or get on the news is ever running in my district.
Every stinking year, I'm baraged with all these ads, subjected to all these names & agendas, and I'll start watching the news, reading the newspaper & checking out websites in the inane hope that I'll be properly informed when the big day rolls around.

And yet, when I show up at the polling place, I always find that the ballot in my district is full of candidates & propositions that I've never even heard of. It's not that I don't try to find out what's going on in my district, it's just that that's never the information that I'm provided with.

It's like some friggin conspiracy or something. All the news, information and ads I wade through every year, and none of it ever applies to me because none of the candidates running in my district seem worthy of any attention.

I always end up having to turn to those radicallists from both sides of the aisle who stand out in front of the polls passing their propagandist liturature just to find out what's going on.

Well, that's my rant.
Sorry if it seems a little incoherent, but I have a headache right now, for obvious reasons.

Scott · November 09, 2005, 03:33:49 PM

The whole thing is sludge. What a waste of time and money they put people through at election time. There are better ways of doing things. There are better ways to elect canidates.

Who was it that said "If your vote could change anything then voting would be illegal."

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free. The world has no goal.

Post Edited (11-09-05 14:34)

Just Plain Horse · November 09, 2005, 03:40:46 PM

Ouch. I always viewed politics as a popularity contest. They may know your name, but that don't mean they'll love ya!

LilCerberus · November 10, 2005, 12:57:38 AM

Just Plain Horse wrote:

> Ouch. I always viewed politics as a popularity contest. They
> may know your name, but that don't mean they'll love ya!
>

Yeah, I guess that was the point I was trying to make earlier.
Every year, I'm always taken in by this whole "popularity contest", and when election day finally roles around, I have a pretty good idea of who I love, who I hate, and who I love to hate.

And yet, the Drewry's Bluff/Bensley-Bermuda district seams to be barred from participating in these games.

Nope, no popularity contest here. No names, no nothing 'til you got that ballot sitting in front of you, and you're standing there scratching your head and wondering "Who are these people? And how come I couldn't find out about 'em?"

Even with those partisan "sample ballots" I get from those radicalists standing out front, I still feel like I'd be able to make a better educated, more informed decision if they just put a blindfold on me & sat me down in front of a dart board.

"Now that my freedom is bought & paid for
It lights up my living room
I got nothing left to prove
I got no reason to move" - 'Just Another Movie', Timbuk 3

trekgeezer · November 10, 2005, 08:03:53 AM

Elections always suck because they involve politicians. You rarely ever get anyone to vote for, it's always which lame ass is going to do the least damage.

I think it's time for a revolution.

Derf · November 10, 2005, 09:59:30 AM

trek_geezer wrote:

> Elections always suck because they involve politicians. You
> rarely ever get anyone to vote for, it's always which lame ass
> is going to do the least damage.
>
> I think it's time for a revolution.
>

Too true, too true. If someone seeks a high office, he/she probably shouldn't be trusted with it. If someone deserves a high office, he/she wouldn't be caught dead in it.

I think South Park got it right in the episode where they try to choose a new school mascot: your choice is always either a giant douche or a turd sandwich.

BeyondTheGrave · November 10, 2005, 11:00:41 PM

trek_geezer wrote:

> Elections always suck because they involve politicians. You
> rarely ever get anyone to vote for, it's always which lame ass
> is going to do the least damage.
>
> I think it's time for a revolution.
>

I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said that "In order to mantain a democracy you need to have a revolution every 20 years".

I think we are waaaay overdue.

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Flangepart · November 16, 2005, 06:10:33 PM

trek_geezer wrote:

> Elections always suck because they involve politicians. You
> rarely ever get anyone to vote for, it's always which lame ass
> is going to do the least damage.
>
> I think it's time for a revolution.

Its ever been different?
Lesser of two evils, that how it goes.
The local adds for the judges and bueracrats...can't tell them apart, content wise, can't realy determin who is realy best for the job...and people wonder why i'm cynical...