I Voted
Permalink | Tweet This! | | November 4, 2008 by John in Penn Jillette, Politics, Tom Leykis
Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) is fond of saying the only way to waste your vote is to vote for an inferior candidate (in his opinion both Obama and McCain are inferior) or a third party candidate, since there’s no way one of them will win (interesting, since he is a self-proclaimed libertarian like myself). He basically says you shouldn’t vote as a way of demanding better candidates. Interesting, bombastic and deliciously cynical, but not very realistic.
Radio show host Tom Leykis (a libertarian who voted for Obama) is fond of saying that you shouldn’t vote if you don’t know anything about the candidates or issues. That way, he stipulates, his vote counts more because he is intelligent and informed.
John Bedard (of East Helena, MT) is fond of saying if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. So, I did my civic duty.