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Aug. 1st, 2007 12:55 pmScott at World o' Crap gives us Shorter Jonah Goldberg:
“I have a fresh idea that no one has ever suggested in such detail or with such care before: Let’s have some kind of literacy test at the polling place to keep undesirables from voting!”
Lest you think he's exaggerating the Pantload's latest magnum opus, here's straight from the doughy-one's keyboard:
Maybe the emphasis on getting more people to vote has dumbed-down our democracy by pushing participation onto people uninterested in such things. Maybe our society would be healthier if politicians aimed higher than the lowest common denominator. Maybe the opinions of people who don’t know the first thing about how our system works aren’t the folks who should be driving our politics, just as people who don’t know how to drive shouldn’t have a driver’s license.
Instead of making it easier to vote, maybe we should be making it harder. Why not test people about the basic functions of government? Immigrants have to pass a test to vote; why not all citizens?
Anyone care to wager who'd be creating and administering said tests? Ok, I'd settle for just one question:
The Vice-President is part of which branch of government?
I, for one, am just dying to know the answer.
“I have a fresh idea that no one has ever suggested in such detail or with such care before: Let’s have some kind of literacy test at the polling place to keep undesirables from voting!”
Lest you think he's exaggerating the Pantload's latest magnum opus, here's straight from the doughy-one's keyboard:
Maybe the emphasis on getting more people to vote has dumbed-down our democracy by pushing participation onto people uninterested in such things. Maybe our society would be healthier if politicians aimed higher than the lowest common denominator. Maybe the opinions of people who don’t know the first thing about how our system works aren’t the folks who should be driving our politics, just as people who don’t know how to drive shouldn’t have a driver’s license.
Instead of making it easier to vote, maybe we should be making it harder. Why not test people about the basic functions of government? Immigrants have to pass a test to vote; why not all citizens?
Anyone care to wager who'd be creating and administering said tests? Ok, I'd settle for just one question:
The Vice-President is part of which branch of government?
I, for one, am just dying to know the answer.
