The Media is entirely incapable of operating on the same level as this guy. It's like watching Wile E. Coyote try to catch the Roadrunner. I know that analogy is used a lot, but it's so true. You know what the outcome will be. You know whatever the media does will back fire. Yet they do it anyway.
And they still believe they are superior in every way to someone they simply cannot "catch".
With that said, maybe I'm crazy, but I am actually against absentee voting. It's an overly abused concept and it's only saving grace is that it is generally a marginal number of votes that wouldn't make a difference in most elections. Apply it to a grand scale and you get massive fraud.
I understand the "but what about the military" thing...well I voted in two presidential elections while I was in the military (Dole, then W) by absentee ballot, and I have no reason to believe they ever arrived on time, because I got them late. And that has always been common among veterans, from not getting ballots at all, to getting them late, to them "never arriving".
I'll go as far as to say members of the military shouldn't be able to vote in elections "back home" or for President either. Nor should any Federal employee. Massive conflict of interest among government employees in my opinion, like the employees voting for who should be their boss.
And nobody on any government assistance should be able to vote either. You can have freedom, or you can have dependence. You get to choose. The ability to vote or handouts.
At no point in our Founding was the ability to vote considered universal. It was something you obtained when you had a stake in it, such as owning land or a business. I think it is good that we've added to that, to allow universal suffrage, removing limitations such as sex or race, and even the owning of land (remember, it was only landowners and business owners who initially paid taxes outside of sales), but if you don't have a real stake in it, and you accept government money in any form, you should not be able to vote.
It's a choice free to everyone. Choose to be in a position to be involved in the politics of your country, or choose to not be.
With that said, I support early voting. Sometimes you can't be at home on election day. I get that. But you need to walk your ass into the DMV or wherever they hold it and vote in person. There is nothing more sacred than your vote, and it should be treated as such, done in person, removing any nonsense in the middle that can compromise it.
Interesting ideas you have. But "accept government money in any form" would also include taking tax credits on your income tax return, which would basically leave us with no voters.
I don't actually disagree with anything you said, though.
The Media is entirely incapable of operating on the same level as this guy. It's like watching Wile E. Coyote try to catch the Roadrunner. I know that analogy is used a lot, but it's so true. You know what the outcome will be. You know whatever the media does will back fire. Yet they do it anyway.
And they still believe they are superior in every way to someone they simply cannot "catch".
With that said, maybe I'm crazy, but I am actually against absentee voting. It's an overly abused concept and it's only saving grace is that it is generally a marginal number of votes that wouldn't make a difference in most elections. Apply it to a grand scale and you get massive fraud.
I understand the "but what about the military" thing...well I voted in two presidential elections while I was in the military (Dole, then W) by absentee ballot, and I have no reason to believe they ever arrived on time, because I got them late. And that has always been common among veterans, from not getting ballots at all, to getting them late, to them "never arriving".
I'll go as far as to say members of the military shouldn't be able to vote in elections "back home" or for President either. Nor should any Federal employee. Massive conflict of interest among government employees in my opinion, like the employees voting for who should be their boss.
And nobody on any government assistance should be able to vote either. You can have freedom, or you can have dependence. You get to choose. The ability to vote or handouts.
At no point in our Founding was the ability to vote considered universal. It was something you obtained when you had a stake in it, such as owning land or a business. I think it is good that we've added to that, to allow universal suffrage, removing limitations such as sex or race, and even the owning of land (remember, it was only landowners and business owners who initially paid taxes outside of sales), but if you don't have a real stake in it, and you accept government money in any form, you should not be able to vote.
It's a choice free to everyone. Choose to be in a position to be involved in the politics of your country, or choose to not be.
With that said, I support early voting. Sometimes you can't be at home on election day. I get that. But you need to walk your ass into the DMV or wherever they hold it and vote in person. There is nothing more sacred than your vote, and it should be treated as such, done in person, removing any nonsense in the middle that can compromise it.
Interesting ideas you have. But "accept government money in any form" would also include taking tax credits on your income tax return, which would basically leave us with no voters.
I don't actually disagree with anything you said, though.
Tax credits? Nah, that is a break from taxes. That is not a handout.