November 02, 2004

Voting is for chumps

Here is a list of people who have told me to vote:
  • P. Diddy
  • MTV
  • Minnesota Steelworkers Union
  • The Minnesota Daily
  • President Bruininks
  • CASH
  • The TV in my CSCI5481 class
  • scunci
  • MoveOn.org
  • ALF (the TV alien, not the terrorist group)

Well, that's all I can remember of the top of my head, but that's probably only about 10% of the total. I've said it before, voting is really not that important. If you don't want to do it, but you've been scared by the "every vote counts" folks, find a friend who's voting for the opposite candidate and agree to stay home.

Of course, there's a danger that your friend might try to cheat and sneak out to vote anyways. There is a simple solution for this: handcuffs. Handcuff your friend to his radiator, or if he doesn't have a radiator, chain him to a tree and tell the neighbors that he has rabies. Then, you can go vote, and your candidate will get a boost. Finally, do this with a hundred friends. This way, the person you like will get a hundred vote boost.

I was a little disappointed when I looked at the ballot this morning and didn't see the race between Patty Wetterling and Mark Kennedy. This campaign has been hilarious to watch because the commercials are ridiculous. Here is what I've learned from Kennedy's commercials. If he wins, he will strap on a machine gun and go kill all "the terrorists" himself. If Wetterling wins, she will spend most of her time baking cookies and cakes to give to "the terrorists," whom she will invite into our country to enjoy her delicious baked goods. Wetterling's ads basically say "Mark Kennedy is a liar. Okay, so I do like baking." Posted by mill1991 at November 2, 2004 10:12 AM | TrackBack

Comments

Wetterling will also run about encouraging kids to have abortions.... Or so I've heard.

She's also supported by a couple fringe organizations (whether she wants the support or not). So, uh, she's obviously evil, right?

Those ads are absurd.

Posted by: Kaitlin at November 2, 2004 02:54 PM

Yeah I couldn't agree more. What makes them most ridiculous is how much Kennedy sounds like a total pansy. Here's the guy who got his lunch money taken every day on the playground and he's going to protect me from terrorists. Thank god. I'm sure Minnesota is number one on their target list.

Posted by: Tim at November 2, 2004 03:01 PM

And weren't Kennedy's ads the ones featuring that scary looking woman with the atrocious accent? "Mark knoooows...." BaHA! I could never make it past her voice to actually listen to the message.

Posted by: Kaitlin at November 2, 2004 03:17 PM
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