Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Conventional wisdom is that every adult citizen should get out and vote because it's a civic duty.

I disagree. I say if you don't feel strongly about voting -- if you haven't been following the candidates and the issues -- then just stay home and leave the voting to those who know what they're doing.

People in Virginia, Florida, Washington and Texas turned out to vote on Super Tuesday but found their polling places closed. That's because Florida voted last month, Virginia is next week and Texas is next month. Washington has no primaries, they'll caucus this weekend.

If these citizens can't even pick the proper day to vote, can they really be trusted to pick the next leader of the free world?

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