Vote Democratic

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

I saw this bumper sticker today and I thought, "Well, yeah, I do vote democratic."

In fact, we all vote democratic. Voting itself is a democratic act. Free elections are all part of the democratic process.

I wonder if that bumpersticker would have been more appropriate in a place like North Korea or Iran? Places that don't get to vote at all.

Anyone else see any redundant bumperstickers?

cray · Aug 5, 2008

sometimes i see them occassionally

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

Maybe I should have worded that last question differently.

Guess I could have added, "...and what did they say?"

Seaclusion · Aug 5, 2008

Yeah, I saw one that said

Protect freedom-vote republican

Ha ha. From the people that brought us the Patriot act.

Richard

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

Seaclusion said:
Yeah, I saw one that said

Protect freedom-vote republican

Ha ha. From the people that brought us the Patriot act.

Richard

Hmm. Last I checked everyone except for Feingold voted for that.

Cranky · Aug 5, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Hmm. Last I checked everyone except for Feingold voted for that.

Now that's voting democratic! *shudders* Everyone got in on the "Act". Okay, enough bad puns.

*shuffles from thread, head down*

James81 · Aug 5, 2008

I think of bumper stickers of a way for people to wear their thoughts on their car because there's no more room left in their head.

donroc · Aug 5, 2008

Neither I nor those I associate among do not do bumper stickers. Each time I see one, my reaction is: "Who gives a "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate?"

Seaclusion · Aug 5, 2008

donroc said:
Neither I nor those I associate among do not do bumper stickers. Each time I see one, my reaction is: "Who gives a "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate?"

You are dating yourself knowing what that award is.

richard

poetinahat · Aug 5, 2008

More Extras from the Department of Redundancy Dept.

"Four-Wheel Drive Touring: A Legitimate Family Recreation"

Makes it sound like a money-laundering front.

"Skateboarding is Not a Crime"

Um, yeah.

SPMiller · Aug 5, 2008

I make a completely different objection to that bumper sticker: the USA is a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

Seaclusion said:
You are dating yourself knowing what that award is.

richard

You bet your sweet bippy.

Captshady · Aug 5, 2008

SPMiller said:
I make a completely different objection to that bumper sticker: the USA is a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

That's what drove me most crazy, seeing Rosie on the view. She would incessantly say, "we live in a democracy!" The hell we do!

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. " -Thomas Jefferson

Seaclusion · Aug 5, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
You bet your sweet bippy.

Say goodnight, Dick

Richard

SPMiller · Aug 5, 2008

Anyway, to be pedantic, if the sticker had intended to recommend that we vote in a democratic manner--as if we were in a democracy, which we aren't--then it would've used proper adverbial inflection and said, "Vote Democratically".

Or are adverbs now passe?

JoeEkaitis · Aug 5, 2008

Captshady said:
That's what drove me most crazy, seeing Rosie on the view.

The mere knowledge that she's consuming air has the same effect on any sensible person.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

SPMiller said:
Or are adverbs now passe?

Take a gander at the posts in the writing forums here. Adverbs are eeeee-VIL!

BenPanced · Aug 5, 2008

poetinahat said:
"Skateboarding is Not a Crime"

Um, yeah.

It is when the sign you're skating next to reads NO SKATEBOARDING ON PREMISES.

Shadow_Ferret said:
You bet your sweet bippy.

Look THAT up in your Funk & Wagnalls!

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

BenPanced said:
It is when the sign you're skating next to reads NO SKATEBOARDING ON PREMISES.

Or when you have hundreds of skateboarders all grinding away at public property. I've seen brand new facilities turned to crap in a matter of weeks because of them.

I think there is a law against destruction of public property.

James81 · Aug 5, 2008

I always get confused.

Are we a Republic or a Democracy?

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

Someone above said we're a Constitutational Republic.

When in doubt, recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Captshady · Aug 5, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Someone above said we're a Constitutational Republic.

When in doubt, recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

In Govt 101 in college, it was said that we're a democratic republic.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 5, 2008

Well, wiki (yeah, I know) calls us a constitutional FEDERAL republic.

Interestingly, it also says the DEMOCRATIC republic is a term used by states that want to emphasize that they are democratic when in fact, they are not, like communist nations. So maybe you had a lefty professor teaching that class and it was his idea of humour.

SPMiller · Aug 5, 2008

Hmm. I think I like that. We're less of a federation of states than we once were--which, to my mind, is a good thing--but it's still apt enough.

Williebee · Aug 5, 2008

Neither I nor those I associate among do not do bumper stickers.

I see your double negative and raise you an unnecessary exclamation point!

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