Bye Bye Barry by Joel S. Hirschhorn (Centrist Liberal Libertarian)
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Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
Thank God For The Naive Voter! With Super Tuesday at hand, I am ever so thankful for voters who have managed to "miss the memo" from the "main stream media" and are therefore free to choose Ron Paul.by creator
(Libertarian)
Monday, February 4, 2008
Tomorrow, voters from some twenty-four states will go to the polls to pick their candidates and delegates for this year's upcoming presidential election. Will Super Tuesday determine who the nominees will be for the two major parties?
As I talk to people and read stories on the internet, time and again I come across naive and unsophisticated voters. These are voters that seem to stand out from the crowd, to defy the norm. In many cases they almost seem childlike, and I have to confess that I love 'em!
What makes the naive voter so special to me? Could you be one of them? While there is no single distinguishing feature, I've managed to distill several endearing qualities for your reading pleasure:
The naive voter hasn't figured out yet that voting is just a game like betting on the horses.
He hasn't yet become so clever that he thinks he can predict the behavior of millions of fellow citizens in advance and act accordingly.
She doesn't care if her neighbor might think she's stupid for championing a "lost cause."
He's switched off the "network noise" and chosen to read instead.
Somehow she missed the memo from the media instructing her as to which candidates are "long shots" and "dark horses."
He doesn't realize that he has to vote for "the lesser of two evils" and he still thinks that "vote" means "choose the best candidate."
The naive voter picks a candidate based on his principles and not his "electability."
She votes for a righteous man in government and not merely for one that can "beat Hillary."
He would rather loose and go down fighting than "win" by betting on just another liberal socialist politician.
As unsophisticated as this voter may be, "Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton" somehow just doesn't seem to make any sense.
She's dull enough to believe that for every human running the federal government, she should "bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution."
He's not voting for Romney just because he can't stomach McCain.
She somehow still believes that "it ain't over until it's over!" and that despite appearances, the underdog can still win.
Best of all, the naive voter may be just naive enough to vote for Dr. Ron Paul, Champion of the Constitution, the finest Republican presidential candidate to run in my lifetime.
Hey, wait a minute! Maybe you're not so naive after all! Maybe, just maybe, you're smart enough to have seen through all of the media BS, and maybe you've got enough heart to care about your children and grandchildren and future generations! Naive or not, I've gotta love ya'!
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They forgot Mike Gravel, although maybe by accident? The MSM is burying him just like Paul. Too bad, because he'd be my second pick behind Paul based on his Wikipedia article.
what an interesting article, I guess the author would rather pick the better of the two bullies in his neighborhood to beat on him, then take a stand for what he believes.
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