Posted by
He_or_She on Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:44:41 PM
I was watching football with some friends this afternoon, and during a commercial break, we started discussing the upcoming presidential election. Friend A asked Friend B if he liked Sarah Palin, to which Friend B vehemently replied, 'no, I hate her.' He was so bitter, one would think Palin had killed his dog or something. Knowing Friend B is completely void of any political knowledge, I asked him what specific policy stance of Palin's he didn't like. Of course, as expected, he had no answer.
This, my friends, is why we have such a partisan, do-nothing political system... the American voter does not have to be the least bit informed in order to cast a ballot, he simply has to know how to hate.
If our system is based on hate, we have no hope with any candidate. Period.
-- She