ght for the Day // The Idiot Vote
“[T]he sad, but unavoidable fact [is] the greatest danger to our republican government that too many idiots vote. . .
“Such idiots, to put it simply, come from all walks of politics and are of all races, creeds, nationalities, and political orientations. Currently, America’s dominant party–guess which one?–is dependent upon the idiot vote to its survival. The core constituency of Democrats is made up of ignorants. Can’t identify your congressman, or even a single Supreme Court justice. You’ve only vaguely heard about Gettysburg but don’t know where it is. Get your news from People, Us, or Comedy Central. You are a single-issue voter. The single issue is more important than the others and it gets paid for. The Dems want you to vote. They will not only hunt you down and fill out your registration form for you, but they will also drag you to the polls on election day. They’ll send someone else to claim you made it. They proudly proclaimed themselves to be defenders democracy because the right of voting is, you know.
–Harry Stein The Idiot vote: The Democrats’ Core Constituency
If you think Stein exaggerates the point, consider this example of idiocy.
I think Clarence Thomas is now white.
