Monty by Jim Meddick for October 15, 2018

What if Moondog’s for the other side?

Slacrates… I’m stealing that one.

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.” Keith Ellison

“Too many people fought too hard to make sure all citizens of all colors, races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities can vote to think that not voting somehow sends a message.” Luis Gutierrez

I can’t understand why, in the US, one has to register to a party in order to vote if your vote is supposed to be private.

Shel Silverstein had an answer to the tree-falling-in-the-forest question.

Idiotcracy is coming. These goons will elect a professional wrestler next time.

Jessie the Body Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota years ago.

This is why I love voting by mail!

Assuming she’s a feminist who votes democrat, Moondog seems just like the kind of character who would vote for the other side. I’m not sure she should be “encouraging” him.

It was the first election of the post-apartheid era in South Africa, and the TV news crew was out in the boonies looking for good human-interest stories. The government hadn’t been able to set up sufficient polling locations or staff them fully, so there was a long line stretching out of one rural poll into the dusty prairie beyond. The crew set out, walking toward the end of the line, looking for likely interviewees.

They spotted one old gent, dressed colorfully but leaning heavily on his cane, and asked him where he was from. It turned out that he lived about 20 klicks away and had left the previous night, walking and resting as he went, to get here. He was nowhere near the front of the line, and they said it looked like things were moving slowly.

“That’s all right”, he said. “I can wait.”

“How long have you been waiting already?”, they asked.

“About 60 years.”

I always vote.

I always go in to vote, even if I have to write in “None of These.” That way, I am on public record as an “active voter” and, as far as I am concerned, I can vigorously support or condemn any current office holder.

It’s a pass/fail exam. Now would be a good time to study. Don’t be afraid to turn over a few stones, or kick a few tires. Question the orthodoxy and don’t accept the herd mentality as sacred.

I hope after I’m dead, I don’t start voting for democrats.

Atta girl!

Y-Y-Y-Yes, mother! I’lll v-v-v-v-vote! Whatever you say!