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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Witness Wednesday
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:04:18 -0400
References: <3314C391-EB14-4973-8921-F63523ACF163@cartersxrd.net> <CAH1UNJ2ivMd7oTnrLD0Qqd=9nxfTS3uG=zY=pmBmGj9FmpU3pg@mail.gmail.com>

No, actually, I'd believe that a very large percentage of the people there 
are avid voters. The poll no-shows are sitting at home, thumbs up their 
asses watching American Idol...

In the last state legislative elections, more people voted for the 
Democratic representatives (who are more progressive and against the radical 
changes being made) than for the Republicans (who are rolling back 
progressive laws whcih have been enacted over many years).

The Repuvlicans managed this paradox by gerrymandering districts to isolate 
the more liberal voters into isolated vote ghettos.



On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:51 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Well, you get the Supreme Court (indirectly) and legislators
> (directly) you vote for. I will take a bet that most of the
> demonstrators did not vote during the election. It is always the case,
> lethargy on an important day, followed by shock - it will be the same
> the next 4election, our collective attention span is too short.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>> <http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/17_Witness_Wednesday.html>
>> http://tinyurl.com/le5omdt
>> 
>> Ric Carter
>> www.CartersXRd.net
>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter
>> 
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