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MzMia -> RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow (2/12/2008 7:13:27 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MissIsis
I am all for getting everyone out to vote. But it amazes me as to how being a great & electrifying speaker for the masses equates in people's minds with being a good leader. Kind of reminds me of an old time snake oil salesman, but that is just me.
I heard a true story recently of a man who became a doctor in the US in the 1800's. He was a great speaker & had a way about him that made people believe in him & what he said. He implanted goat testies into many men at quite a financial cost. It wasn't a transplant procedure as we think of it today. He would just open their sacks & place the goat testes in it. Men flocked to him & gladly laid out their money to him. Unfortunately, while some lived, many of them died of complications caused from infections. The man actually ran for the US Senate.
Either way, it is nice to see people caring enough to go out & vote this time around.
I have been voting every year since I was 18.
I remember the first time I voted, I thought I am an adult! [;)]
If it takes getting someone "electrifying" to make people get out to vote, I say "So be it".
Maybe they will get the voting "bug", once you get used to voting, you
tend to want to do it, regardless.
I love to see more people voting, no matter what it takes.
I am on my way out to vote, now.
[:D]
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