The ultimate protest, right? Everybody stays home from an election.
Now what? Did we show them, or what?
Well, did we?
I dunno. The seats are still going to be filled. Just not in the normal manner. Your state most likely has a law to deal with tie votes, which this would be. Here in CO, the candidates agree on a game of chance. Last year, there was a tie election that was decided by a draw of cards. In the past, coin tosses have also been used. I don't think that rock, paper,scissors is excluded, either.
In the case of congressional representatives and senators, your state has a mechanism for filling the seats. In many states, the governor appoints the representative, and the state legislature confirms. In some states, the legislature appoints the representative.
The presidential election would hardly be affected at all. After all, you're not actually voting for President, you're voting for your state's electors. We peons aren't allowed to choose our own leader. We just get to choose who chooses. If we don't, our legislatures will. Because they can.
So, go ahead and don't vote. But don't expect it to shake things up much.
An Obamabot Under Every Bed
It all started innocently enough. A good looking youngish Senatorial candidate from Illinois was selected to give the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He was black, but not in a threatening way. People would later attribute this to the fact that he was "only half black". An excellent public speaker, he had a certain charm that only a half black forty something man could have. He was also accomplished academically. Apparently the polar opposite of then-current President Dubya.
After the election, John Kerry wasn't President but Mr Obama was now Senator Obama. Senator Barack Obama? A guy with a funny sounding name that rhymes with "Osama", and whose middle name is Hussein? It was too weird to be true. I mean, really. But it was true. Senator Barack Hussein Obama.
Senator Obama then embarked on what would be a short and unremarkable Senate career. He voted the same way as Hillary Clinton on every bill except for a special appropriations bill for the Iraq war. He voted against it. This would become a huge deal during the 2008 primaries. Somehow, this got him branded as the "most liberal Senator" by the right wing screech monkeys.
One thing that had the screech monkeys up in arms was that there had been speculation since that night in the summer of 2004 that Mr Obama was going to run for President in 2008. There were also rumors. Rumors about the army of volunteers that he maintained in Illinois. It was said that they were all robot-like in their admiration of and servitude to Obama. They were mostly college kids, and they all started acting alike and dressing alike within a few days of volunteering for this most sinister of armies. Within a few weeks, they also all grew to a height of exactly 7 feet. The few who were over 7 feet tall shrank to exactly 7 feet. Discipline was maintained in all matters.
OK, not really. But a lot of them really did act like they were in some sort of cult. They changed. They not only became more politically active, but they were passionate about their candidate.
At some point, someone coined the term "Obamabot" to describe these oddly changed individuals.
After the election, John Kerry wasn't President but Mr Obama was now Senator Obama. Senator Barack Obama? A guy with a funny sounding name that rhymes with "Osama", and whose middle name is Hussein? It was too weird to be true. I mean, really. But it was true. Senator Barack Hussein Obama.
Senator Obama then embarked on what would be a short and unremarkable Senate career. He voted the same way as Hillary Clinton on every bill except for a special appropriations bill for the Iraq war. He voted against it. This would become a huge deal during the 2008 primaries. Somehow, this got him branded as the "most liberal Senator" by the right wing screech monkeys.
One thing that had the screech monkeys up in arms was that there had been speculation since that night in the summer of 2004 that Mr Obama was going to run for President in 2008. There were also rumors. Rumors about the army of volunteers that he maintained in Illinois. It was said that they were all robot-like in their admiration of and servitude to Obama. They were mostly college kids, and they all started acting alike and dressing alike within a few days of volunteering for this most sinister of armies. Within a few weeks, they also all grew to a height of exactly 7 feet. The few who were over 7 feet tall shrank to exactly 7 feet. Discipline was maintained in all matters.
OK, not really. But a lot of them really did act like they were in some sort of cult. They changed. They not only became more politically active, but they were passionate about their candidate.
At some point, someone coined the term "Obamabot" to describe these oddly changed individuals.
The Great American Fascist Conspiracy--Part 2
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"You're watching the Historical Channel, not to be confused with the liberal revisionist History Channel. The Historical Channel--we give you the real truth without the liberal lies. Up next, on 'The Lost History of America', the second installment of 'The Great American Fascist Conspiracy', hosted by Karl Will, Jr. We'll be back right after these messages."
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"Good evening. I'm Karl Will, Jr, President of the National Association of Smart Conservatives and Republicans, and this is 'The Lost History of America'.
This evening we are bringing you the second installment of 'The Great American Fascist Conspiracy', a joint effort by us at NASCaR and bona fide historical expert JMadison. JMadison is well known for bringing solid historical research and commentary to all of his projects. He uses tried and true patriotic conservative historical expert methods. He just makes things up. Sometimes, that's the only way top get at the real truth.
In tonight's episode, he recounts the efforts of mostly Democrats, but also some Republicans, to bring fascism, socialism and socio-fascism to our great country.
Now, without further ado, we present part two of the "Great American Fascist Conspiracy'."
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Man Accused of Escaping From Tennessee
I saw the above headline on my Yahoo home page. I like Yahoo. It feeds you local, national, and world news. Top stories to check out before I go rooting around through news sources during the day.
I had to put that on Smirking Chimpwire for sure. Just for the headline.
The headline itself begs a lot of questions. Is everyone in Tennessee being held there against their will? Why is he accused of escaping from Tennessee? I mean, if he isn't there, it should be apparent.
Maybe he slipped out and then came back later.
Of course, I realized that the story was about a man who had escaped from jail in Tennessee, and was captured here in Colorado. In Fort Collins. His wife tipped off the police. They arrested her, too.
The story doesn't say what either one of them did. Parole violation for him, but, why was he on parole? An armed and dangerous career criminal.
Aren't we all?
But it wasn't the run of the mill nature of the story or the poorly written story that bummed me out. It was this:
The headline on Yahoo said that a man was accused of escaping from Tennessee. Truly a Chimpwire worthy headline.
The headline on the story it links to at CBS 4 Denver is, unfortunately, accurate.
But at least the mugshot is stereotypical:
Don't Blame Bush, Don't Blame Obama
The economy sucks. Serial recessions. High unemployment. Corporate greed. Banks still won't give me free money.
Bad, bad, stuff.
But please, don't blame Obama for it. Don't blame Bush, either. Neither of them had anything to do with it at all.
I did it. I just can't live with myself anymore, so I have to admit it to everyone. I crashed the economy.
Sorry.
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