Roger Simon urges bloggers to reveal who they will vote for in the upcoming election. I may vote for the Libertarian candidate, to protest the fact that government is growing out of control and neither party cares. I may vote for Bush, because despite his disastrous domestic policy, and a few questionable judicial nominations, I’d rather have him pick the next Supreme Court Justice than any Democrat currently running, and I think his actions in the War on Terror are generally solid. Or I may do what I usually do on Election Day, which is think about voting, then think about having to stand on line to vote, and think about how irritating it is that the [edit: as per overwhelming reader suggestion, “rationally ignorant individual who may be perfectly well-informed and competent in other areas of life”, but I originally has a less complimentary description] in line in front or in back of me who doesn’t even know who the Vice-President is [update: my colleague Ilya Somin has done some great work detailing voters’ incredible political ignorance] has a vote that counts exactly as much as my vote counts, (which, though it doesn’t actually make me feel any better, is effectively not at all), and just stay home.
UPDATE: Yes, I’m in a cranky libertarian mood this week, which sometimes happens during election years, when I am overexposed to the complete dreckiness of politics and politicians. How can anyone observe the venality, dishonesty, demogagoguery, on both sides … OK, I’ll try to behave.
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