The Republican plan in 2012 is to get as many voters to stay home as possible, whether by citing polls that Obama voters are “disenchanted” or through outright voter suppression efforts around the nation. In this clip, I dispel the manufactured crisis of voter fraud and talk about why voting is a fundamental right we should protect:
aired August 15, 2012 — video courtesy of Fox News
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I actually like you, Sally. I don’t agree with your politics but I don’t mind listening to you. You’re one of the few liberals that are not annoying (as Maddow) and, honestly, pretty convincing. Keep it up!
I like you! …and your politics! You are the adult in the room, when you go on those shows! I’m never annoyed by ~anyone~ that has a common sense point of view based on facts!
Thanks for that, too!!
Thanks, appreciate it!
Hey Sally- I agree with you that voting is one of the most important rights we have as US citizens… However, many citizens do not take that responsibility seriously. Do we really want people voting who cannot name the vice president? My hope is there is an equal amount of uninformed voters on each side of the ticket to cancel each other out. Part of the problem is the voting practices in general… I never vote on a topic/individual/position that I have little/no knowledge of. When I bring my complete “uncomplete” ballot to the registered official I always handed my ballot back asking me to “complete” the ballot… I then have to explain that I have no idea if Jimmy Smith is qualified to be a judge or if Mary Chambers is qualified to be water commissioner… I guess I’m hoping those who do vote for each postions have educated themselves better than I do.
All good points, Jeff, and of course it would be great if we still prioritized civic education in our country so every voter could be informed. But we’ll never get there if we keep discouraging people from voting in the first place — or outright blocking them!
Chris Plante? Who’s that? (just kidding)