Monday, December 03, 2007

Vote Strike?

I received this email at work today, which began thus:
What is a national Vote Strike?

It is you withdrawing your consent to be governed by the inept & corrupt Republican & Democratic parties. . . .

Before we gave a majority to the Democrats in both houses pork & ear-marks were out-of-control. Democrats promising to clean it up were elected. And yet pork & ear-marks are still out-of-control. This year (2007), members of the house of Representatives wrote at least $4.2 billion in earmarks. The same is true across the board, wether[sic.] you voted in a Democrat or a Republican they have failed you. And now we are being asked to pick between a Republican or a Democrat as our next president.
That sounded non-partisan and at least somewhat interesting until I got to the typo, which never invites confidence. Then there was this:
We the people (the voters) find ourselves in a very difficult position. Local governments are forced to do the job of the federal government. . . .
Which pretty much tips the author's hand as a partisan of an activist if not 'big' federal government. I guess in an election year like the one we're facing, one can pretty well expect this sort of thing.

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