Comments on: Today's Faves: Don't Vote, Obamamania, and One Hot Mama http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/10/31/todays-faves-dont-vote-obamamania-and-one-hot-mama/ Americans vote. The world speaks. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:24:42 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mitch http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/10/31/todays-faves-dont-vote-obamamania-and-one-hot-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Mitch Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:52:22 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/10/31/todays-faves-dont-vote-obamamania-and-one-hot-mama/#comment-1472 Asking Arab Americans not to vote is a pathetic message. "How about Arab Americans sit this one out. How about Arab Americans not vote. That way, this time, you can have every right to complain when Obama or McCain screw everything up."?!?!?! Oh my god, how stupid can one get? Oh, don't do anything, so you can legitimately whine? No, let me be clear. If you don't vote, you have NO right to complain! If you don't want to be part of American politics, don't complain. If you don't want to be American, don't be American. Now, if you REALLY want Arab Americans to have a voice, go find an independent and vote en mass for this person, and everyone will say, "Woah, JoeBlow the candidate got a whoppings 3% of the national vote? Who voted for them? Wow, the Arab Americans? Dang, we'd better listen to them and appeal to them for real, since 3% can really swing an election. Maybe they're worthy of consideration as citizens, instead of throwaways who just complain!" Apathy isn't the answer, guys. If it's broke, fix it, don't just whine about it. And more. "beginning and the end of our oligarchy"????!! That's exactly what we DON'T have, we only have 2 parties. What we really need is more parties, so that no one automatically has simple majority. I've never heard of QuiQui before, and I'm glad now why. Asking Arab Americans not to vote is a pathetic message. “How about Arab Americans sit this one out. How about Arab Americans not vote. That way, this time, you can have every right to complain when Obama or McCain screw everything up.”?!?!?! Oh my god, how stupid can one get? Oh, don’t do anything, so you can legitimately whine? No, let me be clear. If you don’t vote, you have NO right to complain! If you don’t want to be part of American politics, don’t complain. If you don’t want to be American, don’t be American.

Now, if you REALLY want Arab Americans to have a voice, go find an independent and vote en mass for this person, and everyone will say, “Woah, JoeBlow the candidate got a whoppings 3% of the national vote? Who voted for them? Wow, the Arab Americans? Dang, we’d better listen to them and appeal to them for real, since 3% can really swing an election. Maybe they’re worthy of consideration as citizens, instead of throwaways who just complain!”

Apathy isn’t the answer, guys. If it’s broke, fix it, don’t just whine about it.

And more. “beginning and the end of our oligarchy”????!! That’s exactly what we DON’T have, we only have 2 parties. What we really need is more parties, so that no one automatically has simple majority.

I’ve never heard of QuiQui before, and I’m glad now why.

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