As far as voting values go, I’m not sure of where to place Rat’s in respect to the Pig’s. However, if a grain of sand sealed in multiple layers of nacre should vote, it, in respect to Pig’s value, would go before him. If you understand the joke, please let me know.
If RAT, only now, just figured out the real deal (with Bill McNeal) is with our democracy, then it’s too late for us all….Dan aka…ps Really, it just boils down to: RAT is a day late and a dollar short, and that leaves us all with no hope….According to RAT, that is….
To me the purpose of an election is to not necessarily elect the best candidates into office but to choose from the lesser of 2 or more evils presented. ;/
But when the cornered rat fights it lies and kicks and bites and cheats and scratches and farts and climbs into the wrong end of the garbage truck and lies some more and…
Dear Gawd, please make the orange albatross go away. But You will have to drag the ugly bird. It would take a miracle to fly with three right wings and no left.
I hope today’s election doesn’t end up like the election of 2000, where the Supreme Court had to decide who got Florida’s electoral votes, which were enough to seal the election. We know all about the bias of that Court.
The party doesn’t get to choose its members, they choose the party, and there is no mechanism for throwing anyone out short of ticking them off enough that they leave willingly.
Both political parties are private organizations. They have no responsibility to represent the voters. They sponsor the candidate they prefer, which is always going to be the one that they think will win, even if they might prefer another. To be upset about that fact is to misunderstand that the parties exist to push their agenda, and to support the candidates that they believe will further that agenda. If you agree with their agenda, then support them. If you don’t support their agenda, then that would be a dumb thing to do, because they don’t represent you, they never promised to do so, and they have no responsibility to you. And, it doesn’t make any more sense to allow them to determine your opinion of any candidate than it would if it were your local YMCA. However, a third party candidate in our current system has pretty much no chance of winning, so it comes down to choosing the candidate whose party annoys you less than the other one.
For that, you need to actually do a little research. Read the party and candidate information available on line—what they say, not what is said about them, by either side. Then try Open Secrets and find out who does best represent your opinions. Then decide if you think they have any chance, or if voting for them would just elect someone you really hate. The result of that decision making is where you should send your money, volunteer and vote.
I live in NW Indiana, which has always been blue in a generally red state. A few minutes ago, I drove passed the polling place in beautiful downtown Beverly Shores, and I haven’t seen a crowd that big since the 2008 election. In 2008, Indiana went blue, giving its electoral votes to Obama. I hope that’s a good sign.
Good news, Rat! If one party wins, you might get your wish and have some votes worth more than others. Unfortunately, the group whose votes will count the most are middle-aged (or older) wealthy white males. But I’m sure everybody else is fine with disenfranchisement, right?
Amazing! No one here has mentioned the obscene cost of these elections. We probably could have cured -x-x-x( name your favorite disease) with the billions that were spent to get winners and losers on those stages. Let’s go British.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people have to stop and look at the posted sample ballot before they go in to actually vote. My ballot had a state constitutional amendment and a parish (county) charter amendment. Talk about an (un)informed electorate!
The standard distribution means that for every idiot voting, there is a genius voting. ideally they cancel each other out and middle wins by the most average vote. That’s why elections are always so close.
And if you really think about it, if Trump’s court cases come back up (which they might), it’s gonna take them another 2 years just to convict him in one state. His “friends” aren’t helping him. They’re making the process longer and more difficult. If it takes this long again, he’ll probably die in his 80’s, and only have a few states decided on the cases.
BasilBruce about 2 months ago
Think about the other guy; his vote is no better than a rat’s.
Tachyon the Samurai about 2 months ago
If that is the best you can come up with we are all in trouble.
Joseph comicinthestrip about 2 months ago
As far as voting values go, I’m not sure of where to place Rat’s in respect to the Pig’s. However, if a grain of sand sealed in multiple layers of nacre should vote, it, in respect to Pig’s value, would go before him. If you understand the joke, please let me know.
salakfarm Premium Member about 2 months ago
A drawback of democracy; all those dipsh*ts.
DanielRyanMulligan1 about 2 months ago
If RAT, only now, just figured out the real deal (with Bill McNeal) is with our democracy, then it’s too late for us all….Dan aka…ps Really, it just boils down to: RAT is a day late and a dollar short, and that leaves us all with no hope….According to RAT, that is….
Baarorso about 2 months ago
To me the purpose of an election is to not necessarily elect the best candidates into office but to choose from the lesser of 2 or more evils presented. ;/
hariseldon59 about 2 months ago
I sometimes think that Rat overrates his own intelligence.
orinoco womble about 2 months ago
The rest of the world except the UK uses one person, one vote. No taxation without real representation!
smartty cat about 2 months ago
Churchill"“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
jeff_e about 2 months ago
Is Rat proposing a system by which we get one voting point per recorded IQ point?
Zykoic about 2 months ago
Voting is tiring. I had to visit every county in the state to vote today!
Luckily I could mail in grandparents, great grandparents and great-great grandparents ballots.
shanen0 about 2 months ago
When we fight we win?
But when the cornered rat fights it lies and kicks and bites and cheats and scratches and farts and climbs into the wrong end of the garbage truck and lies some more and…
Dear Gawd, please make the orange albatross go away. But You will have to drag the ugly bird. It would take a miracle to fly with three right wings and no left.
iggyman about 2 months ago
My ballot had 4 choices for president, but most folks would ignore the 2 (Besides the D and R) as they have no chance of winning.
MayCauseBurns about 2 months ago
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. — Menken
SheMc about 2 months ago
oh yes, even idiots should vote!!!
Indiana Guy Premium Member about 2 months ago
I hope today’s election doesn’t end up like the election of 2000, where the Supreme Court had to decide who got Florida’s electoral votes, which were enough to seal the election. We know all about the bias of that Court.
JackReecher about 2 months ago
The US is not a democracy but rather a Democratic Republic.
Lenavid about 2 months ago
Constitutional Republic, not democracy.
Procat Premium Member about 2 months ago
Question for Rat. What if that guy voted for the same person as you did?
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 months ago
Orange idiot or light brown idiot. Take your pick. That’s it. The white idiots all chickened out.
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Office is the perfect place for someone like Rat.
TrulyTexan about 2 months ago
Actually, thanks to the electoral college, his vote counts a lot more than yours.
Kaputnik about 2 months ago
Well, Rat, maybe he’s dumb enough to vote the same way as you.
saltylife16 about 2 months ago
Rat’s a Liberal?
Croc Holliday about 2 months ago
Yes, sadly MAGA votes count the same as normal people’s votes.
kaffekup about 2 months ago
The problem is, depending on what state they’re in, it may count more.
Goat from PBS about 2 months ago
Sorry, Rat, everyone’s vote gets the same amount of weight. Unless you live in certain states that are dominated by one city.
zwilnik64 about 2 months ago
No, Rat. That’s the good news.
HOTLOTUS1 about 2 months ago
I said that all along. No more political parties just candidates.
DenO Premium Member about 2 months ago
So sad and true.
eolan59 about 2 months ago
Just figuring that out Rat?
David_the_CAD about 2 months ago
Just remember that you are the idiot in the booth next to idiot that you are next to.
ladykat about 2 months ago
sSo
Diane Lee Premium Member about 2 months ago
The party doesn’t get to choose its members, they choose the party, and there is no mechanism for throwing anyone out short of ticking them off enough that they leave willingly.
Both political parties are private organizations. They have no responsibility to represent the voters. They sponsor the candidate they prefer, which is always going to be the one that they think will win, even if they might prefer another. To be upset about that fact is to misunderstand that the parties exist to push their agenda, and to support the candidates that they believe will further that agenda. If you agree with their agenda, then support them. If you don’t support their agenda, then that would be a dumb thing to do, because they don’t represent you, they never promised to do so, and they have no responsibility to you. And, it doesn’t make any more sense to allow them to determine your opinion of any candidate than it would if it were your local YMCA. However, a third party candidate in our current system has pretty much no chance of winning, so it comes down to choosing the candidate whose party annoys you less than the other one.For that, you need to actually do a little research. Read the party and candidate information available on line—what they say, not what is said about them, by either side. Then try Open Secrets and find out who does best represent your opinions. Then decide if you think they have any chance, or if voting for them would just elect someone you really hate. The result of that decision making is where you should send your money, volunteer and vote.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 2 months ago
And that’s why at the beginning of the Republic, only land owners could vote.
Indiana Guy Premium Member about 2 months ago
I live in NW Indiana, which has always been blue in a generally red state. A few minutes ago, I drove passed the polling place in beautiful downtown Beverly Shores, and I haven’t seen a crowd that big since the 2008 election. In 2008, Indiana went blue, giving its electoral votes to Obama. I hope that’s a good sign.
ncorgbl about 2 months ago
Equality gets in the way.
MyFathersSon about 2 months ago
So much propaganda. A Constitutional Republic isn’t mob rule.
j12181951 about 2 months ago
Congrats on publically admitting to a felony. DOJ at your door in 5…4…3…2..
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 2 months ago
Good news, Rat! If one party wins, you might get your wish and have some votes worth more than others. Unfortunately, the group whose votes will count the most are middle-aged (or older) wealthy white males. But I’m sure everybody else is fine with disenfranchisement, right?
zeexenon about 2 months ago
Vote and vote—vote again.
Radish... about 2 months ago
Liar Trump loves the uneducated, they are the only ones who will vote for his thieving racist fascism.
Miss Buttinsky Premium Member about 2 months ago
Amazing! No one here has mentioned the obscene cost of these elections. We probably could have cured -x-x-x( name your favorite disease) with the billions that were spent to get winners and losers on those stages. Let’s go British.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 months ago
What democracy?
kendavis09 about 2 months ago
D.T.’s tax return said he had six wives, all blind and over 65.
Scot M. about 2 months ago
It’s not the vote that counts, it’s who counts the votes! (Look up the actual quote- Stalin 1923)
NolaMan about 2 months ago
It never ceases to amaze me how many people have to stop and look at the posted sample ballot before they go in to actually vote. My ballot had a state constitutional amendment and a parish (county) charter amendment. Talk about an (un)informed electorate!
Bilan about 2 months ago
Funny, the guy in the next booth made the same complaint.
sincavage05 about 2 months ago
The fact that Trump is allowed to even run is a testament to the equality of the U.S. In most of the world he would already be dead.
serial232 about 2 months ago
Yeah, the stupid people are voting for Harris. Communism is on its way.
eddi-TBH about 2 months ago
The standard distribution means that for every idiot voting, there is a genius voting. ideally they cancel each other out and middle wins by the most average vote. That’s why elections are always so close.
bunrabbit99 about 2 months ago
not even funny, steph.
Cathy P. about 2 months ago
My T-shirt says: When I die, please don’t let me vote Democrat!
gaerfield about 2 months ago
I’m a little sad about the election, but it’s your choice about who you want to be president. I just hope he’s not as bad as 2017.
gaerfield about 2 months ago
And if you really think about it, if Trump’s court cases come back up (which they might), it’s gonna take them another 2 years just to convict him in one state. His “friends” aren’t helping him. They’re making the process longer and more difficult. If it takes this long again, he’ll probably die in his 80’s, and only have a few states decided on the cases.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 2 months ago
The whole country just got some bad news about democracy
Nick Danger about 1 month ago
Heinlein put forth requiring a basic test of arithmetic (as language can sometimes be fuzzy).