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2004-03-09 Home Front: Culture Wars
Disenfranchised teens need to vote! NOT!
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Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-03-09 11:03:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Bad idea, but not as bad as Britain's Liberal Democrats pushing for votes for criminals.

Does anything better expose the corruption and desperation of today's left better than these attempts to push the gullible and naive, and the anti-social into the electorate pool?
Posted by Bulldog  2004-3-9 11:17:15 AM||   2004-3-9 11:17:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad bad BAD idea. I was once an idiot liberal up until the time Clinton got elected (I was 18-19 at the time, unregistered).

By the time I did some research trying to figure out how a draft-dodging, wife-cheating smarmy dirtbag could have gotten elected, I had been converted to the side of Liberty, Individual Rights, Low Taxes, and no tolerance for Liberals aka the Fifth Column.

I never looked back. Thanks Bill!

(But seriously... no child under the age of 18 has the slightest clue about the way the world works. Anyone who witnessed the internet Deaniacs last year probably took note that a LARGE percentage of them were either 14-17 years old, or at least had the maturity level of children of that age.)
Posted by Unmutual  2004-3-9 11:38:37 AM||   2004-3-9 11:38:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 porto rican disenfranchise to.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-3-9 11:49:20 AM||   2004-3-9 11:49:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, goodie, just what we need: more clueless, idealistic idiots who believe the purpose of government is to serve them a free lunch.
Posted by Dave D.  2004-3-9 11:52:37 AM||   2004-3-9 11:52:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 People this is far worse than a case of bad judgement. This is all about establishing a voter block that would be under the literal control of the Democrat party via the teacher's union. If you think the political indoctrination of our children in public education is bad now (or if anyone doubts it at all) this would make it exponentially worse. Liberals are losing the ideological battle at the ballot box. They'll do anything, propose any asinine idea in order to maintain power.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-3-9 12:13:55 PM||   2004-3-9 12:13:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Some other potential voters were forgotten like convicted criminals, the local zoo, mental health wards, Europeans etc.. Drooling on your ballott does not constitute a reason to not vote.
Posted by dataman1 2004-3-9 12:25:36 PM||   2004-3-9 12:25:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Rex - I was about to point that out - people that young are 'under-the-influence' of the teachers-union (aka Democratic Party).

I wouldn't be suprised if they require a 'democratic' vote to get an 'A'. Why not? They already require teachers to contribute to the Democratic Party in order to work (at least in washington state) - do you think the children would be immune?

Besides most people that young dont know anything outside of their own hormones anyway (hell a lot of alledged adult don't either .... look at Clinton....).
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-3-9 12:28:04 PM||   2004-3-9 12:28:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#8  They failed to get illegal aliens voting privileges, so this is the logical next step.
Posted by Lil Dhimmi 2004-3-9 12:28:17 PM||   2004-3-9 12:28:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I've been wonderin' where the dumocrats would come up with their next batch of airheads. As the dumocrats lurch evermore leftward, those with any sense in their party leave and go elsewhere. Then they turn farther leftward to attract the "gutter snipe" needed to fill their ranks. Well, I thought they had nowhere left to go to attract voters..... obviously, I was wrong.

I have never been a liberal, and I was raised poor as dirt. My mother raised 3 kids on $50 a week. She cursed the "bleeding heart liberals". NEVER did my mother ask for food stamps or free medical care...or anything. She knew what was happening to our country. She knew government was THE PROBLEM, not THE ANSWER. I only wish she were alive today, so I could TRY to repay her steadfastness.
Posted by Danny 2004-3-9 12:29:16 PM||   2004-3-9 12:29:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I didn't even bother to get my driver's license until I was 18 because I didn't feel I was mature or responsible enough to handle it. And now, with high school kids far dumber and lazier than even the worst of my compatriots, the teacher's unions socialist legislators DemocRATS are floating this turd as a serious idea?

I hope it's shot down like a Zero over Midway.
Posted by Raj 2004-3-9 12:38:18 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com]  2004-3-9 12:38:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 When I was 14, I would have voted for Carter. When I was 18, I voted for Reagan.

I suppose that's the reason the Dems want it.
Posted by Jackal  2004-3-9 1:10:31 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2004-3-9 1:10:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Vasconcellas is about as far left as you can get. Check out this loony rant about how we stole California from Mexico, and he has no problem with them taking it back. Just the kind of guy I want representing me!
Posted by Dar  2004-3-9 1:12:38 PM||   2004-3-9 1:12:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Ooh--even better, somebody has that exchange on Real audio here.
Posted by Dar  2004-3-9 1:16:33 PM||   2004-3-9 1:16:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#14  porto rican disenfranchise to
muck you saying the porta ricans are not respecting wendies?
Posted by HalfEmpty 2004-3-9 1:32:08 PM||   2004-3-9 1:32:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Must be a chainey thing.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-9 1:59:27 PM||   2004-3-9 1:59:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 this is so wrong it gives me a toothache. First of all, in a democracy we have a "one (wo)man, one vote policy. So that alone makes this violate the spirit, if not the letter of the constitution.

Second of all, this is supposed to "teach" young people about voting? Huh? Is there something difficult about the process? It's not like they don't understand what it's about -- they vote for school president, vote for decisions throughout childhood using the democratic process, etc. What am I missing?
Posted by PlanetDan 2004-3-9 2:26:43 PM||   2004-3-9 2:26:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I would not mind letting kids vote if their parents would forgo theirs. It would be a good test for all concerned. I'd probably let my 17 yr. old vote for city and county commisioners and I'd forgo my vote.
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-9 3:36:50 PM||   2004-3-9 3:36:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Let me see if I have the concept...
First graders get 1/12 of a vote, second graders 1/6 of a vote,etc.... Great idea. The LLL teachers union can then dictate influence how the kiddies vote.
Posted by GK 2004-3-9 4:39:48 PM||   2004-3-9 4:39:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 In 2003, for the first time since the 1850s, a majority of newborn children in California were Hispanic.
As usual, when I see something like this, I start asking who/whom. Who does teenage voting benefit and to whom does it put the screw? This violates at least two clauses of the Constitution, so it will be struck down immediately if passed. But it provides a sickening insight into the Third World political shenanigans coming to a governing body near you unless we adopt a more assimilationist stance immediately. We need a melting pot, not a tossed salad.
Posted by 11A5S 2004-3-9 7:10:18 PM||   2004-3-9 7:10:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Will the Dems soon want fetuses to be able to vote or does that open up that icky rights of the unborn thing? Probably will take a pass on it. Who wants to have to listen to some NOW witch rant and rave about that. Nevermind.
Posted by tu3031 2004-3-10 12:07:26 AM||   2004-3-10 12:07:26 AM|| Front Page Top

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