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Bashing Some Democrats, for a Change

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I am sick of certain Bernie Sanders supporters who write about the “Hitlarites” who support Hillary Clinton.

I am also sick of the Hillary Clinton supporters who mock her opponent as “Barnie” Sanders, as in Barney the Clown, or perhaps Barney the purple dinosaur.

My guess is that both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, themselves, are embarrassed by these rude factions of their own supporters, and wish they would just shut up, and sit down.

They’re not helping anyone, except for Donald Trump.

My Personal, Presidential Anti-Endorsement

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I’m not a Democrat. On the other hand, the Republicans are not in the habit of giving me any other viable options.

On the 2016 American Presidential Election, and the Whole Sorry Lot Running

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A self-righteous megalomaniac. Several far-right wingnuts, from a party rapidly making itself irrelevant by trying to live in the past. A big-government advocate with a past history of questionable ethical practices. And, to round out the lot, an actual socialist.

Sigh. I wish we could vote for “none of the above,” and just leave the White House empty for four years.

Next-best option, in my opinion: if we must have a Clinton, bring back Socks the Cat.

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[Image source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_(cat)]

On Demagogues, and the 2014 American Midterm Elections

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This Wikipedia article needs to be updated to include many winners from yesterday’s election in the USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue.

From the article: “They exploit a fundamental weakness in democracy: because ultimate power is held by the people, nothing stops the people from giving that power to someone who appeals to the lowest common denominator of a large segment of the population.”

That’s exactly what happened in yesterday’s election.

On Voting, and Encouraging, or Discouraging, Others from Doing the Same

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I don’t like TV ads, mailings, etc. that encourage people to vote. If I had money to burn, I’d buy advertising with the opposite message: please don’t bother voting.

Reason 1: When more people vote, the impact of my single vote is diluted.

Reason 2: When fewer people vote, the impact of my vote increases.

Reason 3: If, hypothetically, my “please don’t vote” campaign convinced everyone else not to vote, I still would vote, and then I’d get my way — for everything on the ballot. =D

[Image credit:  this picture of a ballot box was found at http://www.nbcwashington.com, and does not appear to be copyrighted. If I am mistaken, I will remove it upon request.]

My 2012 Election Predictions (Obama vs. Romney)

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The website www.realclearpolitics.com has a “create you own electoral map” feature, and I used it to make this. I’m going on record with my prediction before the polls open:  a narrow Obama victory, without Florida, in the electoral college. I also predict Obama will narrowly win the popular vote.

Soon, we’ll see how close to right I was when I made this.

“If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain” is utter nonsense.

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Why do people say this so much? There’s no voting-requirement clause in the First Amendment.

Those who choose not to vote do, indeed, have a right to complain. So do those who vote for the people who lose.

If ANYONE sacrifices their “right to complain” on election day, it should be those who vote FOR whomever wins — for those are the people who actually put the winners in office!

It bugs me when people say something over and over and over, but never stop to actually THINK about it.

Also, why are we bombarded by messages urging us to vote? I prefer to encourage people to stay home on Election Day. I don’t want everyone voting — especially not stupid people who pay no attention to what’s going on in the world.

I vote. I already have, this year, in fact. If I can ever convince everyone else not to vote, then, well, I’ll get my way on everything, won’t I?