Morons Are Voting

Howard Stern sent one of his lackies out on the streets to ask people who they're voting for. When asked, they all said Obama.

The follow up questions were: Do you agree with his pro-life stance? Do you agree with him that we should keep the troops in Iraq until we win? Do you think Sarah Palin was a good choice for his Vice President?



I know the three people that, every once in a while consider possibly reading my blog, will know instantly that these positions are McCain's. Heck, doesn't everyone know that?

Even if you don't you'd have to be amazingly dense to not realize that Palin is McCain's VP pick. Right?

Not the folks that Howard's minion found on the street. Obama supporters all, they said that they certainly agreed with Obama's pro-life, stay-till-we-win-in-Iraq, stance's. Plus all agreed that he'd made a fine decision in choosing Palin.

Ugh. You know, I like to joke that the majority of people are blithering morons, but deep down I don't really believe it or at least I don't want to believe it. Yet this kind of thing (and Leno's Jay-walking) come along and remind me that yes, they are all stupid.

So, it turns out that these particular Obama voters are voting for him because he's Obama... not that they have a freakin' clue what his positions are. Sadly I'm afraid that this is how a good two-thirds of voters will vote.

Look, voting may be a right, but it's also an obligation. You have to have some freakin' knowlege about the candidate you support, and the candidate that you're voting against. Just voting to vote, without even the slightest clue why you're voting is wrong.