I believe people should be forced to take a basic intelligence test
before they are allowed to vote.
Stop! Stop right there! I know what some of you are thinking! You are
ready to call that a racist comment. Am I correct? Or, should I say, are you Politically Correct?
Well, chill out. Take a deep breath and relax. I am not talking about Jim
Crow laws. I mean EVERYBODY should be
forced to take this test. This is not a racial thing. Believe me, I have met
many stupid white people in my time. We should have to take the test whether we
are white, African American, Hispanic, Asian, male, female, gay or straight,
Martian or Earthling.
Why do I say this? Because people watching the last two debates are
telling me Obama won. When I ask why they think he won, I hear any number of
the following:
“Obama looked calm and cool. McCain seemed agitated.”
“Obama is young. McCain is old.”
“McCain seemed to have a frown on his face.”
So, let me see if I understand all this:
Our country is about to elect as president, a man who supports
infanticide, unconditional talks with dictators, two bills that would eliminate
free speech and mandatory redistribution of wealth. (Those are his own words
and they are open words describing Socialism.)
This man also objected to a bill that would have stopped banks from being
bullied into giving out loans to people who cannot afford to pay them. And his
own campaign has funded ACORN, responsible for one of the greatest mass voter frauds
ever perpetrated upon our country.
Finally, he promises to raise taxes in the middle of a bad recession, The
last president to try that brilliant maneuver was Herbert Hoover. Gee, that
went over well. Good one, Herb.
Oh, I almost forgot his racist pastor, his terrorist friend and his Jew
hating Palestinian associate whom he hopes liberal Democratic Jews will forget
about when he brags about how Pro-Israel he is.
When asked by Rick Warren if evil existed, he could not say yes without immediately reminding us
that the United States has also
done evil things. He was praised for giving a “nuanced” answer.
When asked about Russia invading
Georgia, he
called upon “both sides to exercise restraint.” However, in this instance, we
should cut him some slack. He was probably confused and thought Georgia was that
state between South Carolina and Florida. Since
in his mind, America is
always responsible when attacked, he called upon restraint. Had he known Georgia was a
foreign country, he might have defended her sooner.
And
what are the positive qualities? What are his credentials?
That he once collected funds for Bill Ayers, supporting a program that
taught
radical Marxism and revolutionary theory to college students? Or are
his
qualifications that he wrote his own autobiography? Maybe he deserves
the job
because he has been running for president for two years now and such
hard work
should be rewarded. True, he was a senator as well. What
did he accomplish as a Senator? He ran for president.
And we are going to put this man in office, why exactly? Because McCain looks old? Because McCain
frowned? Because McCain can't talk as smoothly?
I said it before and I’ll say it again. There should be a comprehensive
written exam before people are allowed to vote.
When I was a young Democrat in college, I voted for George McGovern. I
knew nothing about him, except that he was against the Vietnam War. I am not
happy about that vote but it never mattered anyway. The man lost by a
landslide. During the next election, when Carter ran against Ford, I was a
little older (just a little) and a little wiser. Because of my wisdom I decided
not to vote that year. Why? Because I
had been too busy with college and social life to take an interest in politics.
That was wrong of me. I should have taken an interest in politics, but I
hadn’t. I could have voted anyway. I could have said, “It’s my right and
privilege as an American and by golly, I’m going to vote!”
Instead,
I was forced to look myself in the eye and admit that if I had (by
choice) become too ignorant to
understand one candidate from another, my vote would have been based
upon “Eanie, Meanie, Minie, Moe.” Or worse, I would have voted for the
Democratic candidate, only because I was a Democrat. I decided not to vote that year. I have never
regretted the decision. I wish more people would do the same.
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.
Also by Bob Siegel:
Poem Praising a Great Orator