I have had enough of this election campaign. I realize it is still a year out to the official election, but enough is enough. It's been brutal. Joe Biden called Barack Obama "clean" Edwards bloggers dissed the catholic church and Hillary still thinks she did the right thing in authorising the war.
So before we have to hear about any more scurrilous behavior, lets vote.
What we should do is follow the lead of that cell phone company and pick 5. Take the time to learn the names of 3-5 candidates, everyone gets 5 votes and go ahead. This way you can vote for the same person in 3 votes, but you would still have to be paying enough attention to know at least two more. I know, some knuckleheads will vote for Mickey Mouse or their bartender, but enough people will take it seriously and we should end up with 5 serious players. The person getting the most votes will be President, second most Vice President, third would be Secretary of State. Four and five could be Defense and Treasury, I haven't really worked out all the details.
The last changes I would make take on the apathy of the electorate. While I think the avoidance of the next 11 months of negative ads would help to not turn voters off of the process, I believe that moving election day to a Sunday would help. Too many people had to wait in long lines and when faced with the possibility of missing work, just gave up. I know that there can be no religious argument against this, because every Catholic country on earth, including Italy already votes on Sunday. If the Pope allows it, so can Jerry Falwell.
I would also advocate a national voting lottery. We could use the election money pool to provide a certain amount of 1 million dollar prizes. With Hillary and John McCain turning down public financing, that frees up 150 million for prizes right there.
So, let's vote and let's vote now!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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