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Nov 11, 2013 17:24:24   #
TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ
 
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/09/conservative-white-man-wins-election-in-heavily-black-neighborhood-by-pretending-to-be-black/

If nothing else, play the Radio audio ad for a good laugh!

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Nov 11, 2013 18:33:34   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
TucsonCoyote wrote:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/09/conservative-white-man-wins-election-in-heavily-black-neighborhood-by-pretending-to-be-black/

If nothing else, play the Radio audio ad for a good laugh!


I listened to the ad. No mention of anyones race only 2 people talking about the candidates.
If people do not take the time to find out who they are it is their problem.

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Nov 11, 2013 19:12:33   #
TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ
 
TrainNut wrote:
I listened to the ad. No mention of anyones race only 2 people talking about the candidates.
If people do not take the time to find out who they are it is their problem.

I was just trying to make a point about the Electorate these days.....or should I say Electo-illiterate !

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Nov 11, 2013 20:20:01   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
TucsonCoyote wrote:
I was just trying to make a point about the Electorate these days.....or should I say Electo-illiterate !


You did a good job. They do not even know who they are voting for. :-(

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Nov 12, 2013 07:59:57   #
Past Pro Loc: Spring Hill, Florida
 
I think there is also someone else the people didn't know anything about who also got elected--TWICE!!!

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Nov 12, 2013 11:07:33   #
jcave Loc: Cecilia, Kentucky
 
I think this is a good example of people voting based upon issues and not race. It eliminated Wilson being voted against because of his race, whereas, Obama collected a good many votes because of his race.

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Nov 12, 2013 12:10:19   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
jcave wrote:
I think this is a good example of people voting based upon issues and not race. It eliminated Wilson being voted against because of his race, whereas, Obama collected a good many votes because of his race.


I think you are right.
Some people want everyone to vote.
I do not.
I think only informed people should be allowed to vote.
I do not want some voting because "he is the same race as me" or "he will give me things" or "he is cute".
These are not the right reasons to elect our leaders.

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Nov 12, 2013 12:14:03   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
TucsonCoyote wrote:
I was just trying to make a point about the Electorate these days.....or should I say Electo-illiterate !


All you need to do is look at Waste-ington D.C. to know that. :thumbup:

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Nov 12, 2013 12:16:05   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
pounder35 wrote:
All you need to do is look at Waste-ington D.C. to know that. :thumbup:


"Waste-ington D.C."
:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup:

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Nov 12, 2013 23:29:16   #
Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida
 
TrainNut, I have to wonder who you think should be appointed to decide which folks are "informed" enough to vote? ........ Coot

TrainNut wrote:
I think you are right.
Some people want everyone to vote.
I do not.
I think only informed people should be allowed to vote.
I do not want some voting because "he is the same race as me" or "he will give me things" or "he is cute".
These are not the right reasons to elect our leaders.

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Nov 12, 2013 23:36:49   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
Lazy Old Coot wrote:
TrainNut, I have to wonder who you think should be appointed to decide which folks are "informed" enough to vote? ........ Coot


That is a good question.
Do you think my idea of not letting the people that I listed vote is a good one?
We take a test to be able to drive.
It is a complicated idea but some people just should not vote.
Maybe we could use the citizenship test.

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Nov 13, 2013 00:28:04   #
Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida
 
No I don't agree. It goes against the very basis of a democratic system. I suspect emigrants would be the only folks eligible to vote if we used the citizenship test as you suggested. There are probably very few natural born citizens that could pass it and besides that, it wouldn't be much help determining how aware the person might be about current issues. ....... Coot

TrainNut wrote:
That is a good question.
Do you think my idea of not letting the people that I listed vote is a good one?
We take a test to be able to drive.
It is a complicated idea but some people just should not vote.
Maybe we could use the citizenship test.

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Nov 13, 2013 01:10:06   #
TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails
 
Lazy Old Coot wrote:
No I don't agree. It goes against the very basis of a democratic system. I suspect emigrants would be the only folks eligible to vote if we used the citizenship test as you suggested. There are probably very few natural born citizens that could pass it and besides that, it wouldn't be much help determining how aware the person might be about current issues. ....... Coot


I wrote.
"I do not want some voting because "he is the same race as me" or "he will give me things" or "he is cute"".

Do you think these are the best people to have electing our leaders?

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Nov 13, 2013 01:49:20   #
TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ
 
TrainNut wrote:
I wrote.
"I do not want some voting because "he is the same race as me" or "he will give me things" or "he is cute"".

Do you think these are the best people to have electing our leaders?

I think with this Obamacare coming to pass the Government will be big enough to sustain and grow itself as it sees fit from now on ....we don't need to vote anymore! yey! :roll: 8-)

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Nov 13, 2013 21:51:37   #
Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida
 
Of course they're not the best, but in a system that relies on majority rule it was never intended to have only the best people elect our leaders. The idea was that the leaders would be elected by the majority of ALL the people.

When I was a kid I remember my dad saying that any government elected by majority, is guaranteed to be a government of mediocrity. I sometimes wonder if he might have been overly optimistic. ....... Coot

TrainNut wrote:
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Do you think these are the best people to have electing our leaders?

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