Go Out and Vote!

[britneypablo]

(i dunno if there is a thread already couldn't find one but...)

Why are there so many commercials preaching Go Out and VOTE!

I do not want the vote of someone influenced by these commercials affecting the vote of the people who know it is our civic duty to vote....clearly if you do not know that, you probably do not understand the larger issues that you would be voting for or against....

am I completely off here? anyone with political interest should know that it is our civic duty to vote....

I thought maybe for those people thinking their vote doesnt count (but then if you are smart enough to know the issues, then you would know how the electoral college system works so that cant be a good reason)

What about for people who work a lot and figured they wont and this commercial will hopefully get them off their honkers...(but then I thought I work three jobs and upwards of 80 hours and i made time to vote...if it is important to you than you will make time)

Then I thought well it must be just like any other commercial....targeting the stupid in the interest that the ignorant people will vote for a particular candidate...

please share your thoughts!

[donnie_darko]

i think its to make sure people know that they won't be able to text their vote to 1-800-prz idol, and that they literally have to GO OUT and vote.

[GreatAmericanZero]

why get angry at those commercials? Voting is a good thing

[Bossanova]

I say fuck voting and complain with the results.

[BlackSpider]

I'm split on the candidates.
should I flip a coin, or sit this one out?

[Don Stugots]

I say fuck voting and complain with the results.

:clap: that is my motto.

[BlackSpider]

Don't forget, when you vote you consent to being governed...:surrender:

[Snoogans]

registering to vote is also one of the main ways they nail you for jury duty

[GreatAmericanZero]

registering to vote is also one of the main ways they nail you for jury duty

i heard that hasnt been true in a long time. They use drivers licenses

[Snoogans]

i heard that hasnt been true in a long time. They use drivers licenses

one of the ways. Drivers license, voting, signing up for selective service, and i think there is one other way they can get you

[GreatAmericanZero]

one of the ways. Drivers license, voting, signing up for selective service, and i think there is one other way they can get you

yeah..all i know is i've been called for Jury Duty so many times in Long Island but i never got called for jury duty in Albany (where i was registered to vote)

but i think its important to encourage young people to go out and vote. Old people vote all the time and they get anything they want. The reason why people should vote is because if their beliefs show up as a significant voter block than the politicians will start giving us more stuff

[Snoogans]

yeah..all i know is i've been called for Jury Duty so many times in Long Island but i never got called for jury duty in Albany (where i was registered to vote)

but i think its important to encourage young people to go out and vote. Old people vote all the time and they get anything they want. The reason why people should vote is because if their beliefs show up as a significant voter block than the politicians will start giving us more stuff

im not sure the rules on jury duty. Havent been called yet

oh and the NY court system would get your name from voting registration, it doesnt mean the town you registered in would call you. It goes to the whole state. Im pretty sure they are at least nice enough to only call you around where you live. Id be pretty heated if I got called for jury duty and had to drive to fuckin Cape May.

[Recyclerz]

one of the ways. Drivers license, voting, signing up for selective service, and i think there is one other way they can get you

Posting on message boards, maybe? :wink:

[Snoogans]

Posting on message boards, maybe? :wink:

anyone who reads this shit, i DARE you to put my ass on a jury

[epo]

anyone who reads this shit, i DARE you to put my ass on a jury

Let me make a call.

[Snoogans]

Let me make a call.

NOT GUILTY

[Snoogans]

They use drivers records, voter rcords, tax records etc.
No, a misdemeanor would not bar you from jury duty.
A felony, without restoration of civil rights, would.

NYS RULES:
What are the qualifications for jury service?
A juror must be a United States citizen, resident of the county, not less than 18 years old, not have been convicted of a felony, and be able to understand and communicate in the English language.

however it appears that some states only use one method, I guess it depends where you live

[Recyclerz]

I also signed up with my local ACORN representative to register Shaun Snoogans in five different states.

[Snoogans]

I also signed up with my local ACORN representative to register Shaun Snoogans in five different states.

Shaun Snoogans McClarty, professional Juror

[epo]

I also signed up with my local ACORN representative to register Shaun Snoogans in five different states.

Unfortunately he'll be stoned and won't show up in any of those 5 states.

[Snoogans]

Unfortunately he'll be stoned and won't show up in any of those 5 states.

id be more likely to show up if i was stoned then if i had a clear mind realizing where I was going

[disneyspy]

wouldnt it be cool if you could vote early and have all political campaigns blocked from your tv?im sooo glad i have xm and dont have to listen to local radio alot

[disneyspy]

just had some more obamanation kids show up at my door
i thanked em for what they're doin and gave them my left over halloween candy

[DonInNC]

As many people as possible should be brought into the political process. There are a lot of intelligent, rational-thinking people who generally don't vote because they believe that none of the candidates speak for them or because they have a negative view of politics in general. I can't fault a person for feeling this way, but ambivalence is often a cop-out. These people need to be nagged into submission, because a democracy doesn't work if only a fraction of the population is participating, especially if that fraction isn't a true representation of society.

As far as complete dropouts voting, no amount of advertising will peel them off their couches.

[ahhdurr]

It's really interesting to see the TV commercials that simply say "vote"

My understanding is: more people register and vote = more Obama votes. True?

[Snoogans]

It's really interesting to see the TV commercials that simply say "vote"

My understanding is: more people register and vote = more Obama votes. True?

they just want more people to register so they can get away with more fraud

[epo]

they just want more people to register so they can get away with more fraud

Feel Vancouver slipping away from your fingers?

[Snoogans]

Feel Vancouver slipping away from your fingers?

whose to say i wont go anyway. esp once i cant get a gun

[epo]

whose to say i wont go anyway. esp once i cant get a gun

You'll still buy guns.

How many are you up to now?

[Snoogans]

You'll still buy guns.

How many are you up to now?

still just my shotgun. Everything else its more money and i dont have it now

[ahhdurr]

whose to say i wont go anyway. esp once i cant get a gun

PA's right next door.

Long guns - no paper work or licenses or safety courses or any bullshit.

[BlackSpider]

PA's right next door.

Long guns - no paper work or licenses or safety courses or any bullshit.

And you can carry concealed, only $35.00 for 5 years...:thumbup:

[K.C.]

Go Out and VOTE!


No.

Voting's for pussies.

[Dougie Brootal]

ive always believed people should have to take an IQ test before they are able to vote or reproduce.

[GreatAmericanZero]

ive always believed people should have to take an IQ test before they are able to vote or reproduce.

i couldnt disagree more

i had this whole discussion with a coworker once. He was like "you should have to take some test to be allowed to vote" and i said "you think a test to vote would help people like us out?" Any type of test to vote would be so biased towards a certain kind of person to support a certain type of politician that it would fuck up our country

[Dougie Brootal]

i couldnt disagree more

i had this whole discussion with a coworker once. He was like "you should have to take some test to be allowed to vote" and i said "you think a test to vote would help people like us out?" Any type of test to vote would be so biased towards a certain kind of person to support a certain type of politician that it would fuck up our country

i dont like the idea of people who dont understand the issues voting based on who they think is nicer. there are still people out there that think obama is an iraqi.




but you still agree with the reproduction part right?

[GreatAmericanZero]

but you still agree with the reproduction part right?

well i dont like the idea that i have to fill out a ton of paperwork everytime i try to adopt a dog from a shelter but yet i could get a baby like that

[Tall_James]

Voting is for sheep. Trust in the Illuminati.

[MacVittie]

i dont like the idea of people who dont understand the issues voting based on who they think is nicer. there are still people out there that think obama is an iraqi.

This was brought up on Ron & Fez a few years back, but I am really starting to think that dividing this nation into two countries - America Red and America Blue - would make a lot of sense. I don't think that there are any values shared by all Americans. Well, maybe the love of television.

[GreatAmericanZero]

This was brought up on Ron & Fez a few years back, but I am really starting to think that dividing this nation into two countries - America Red and America Blue - would make a lot of sense. I don't think that there are any values shared by all Americans. Well, maybe the love of television.

i don't because most states are a little bit more red than blue or a little bit more blue than red. We need balance. Just cuz a state is red doesnt mean thats 100% of the people with that views, most places kinda just lean one way or the other

[BlackSpider]

i don't because most states are a little bit more red than blue or a little bit more blue than red. We need balance. Just cuz a state is red doesnt mean thats 100% of the people with that views, most places kinda just lean one way or the other

Maybe the map should be purple...

[Dougie Brootal]

well i dont like the idea that i have to fill out a ton of paperwork everytime i try to adopt a dog from a shelter but yet i could get a baby like that

id have your babies....







just sayin...:unsure:

[MacVittie]

i don't because most states are a little bit more red than blue or a little bit more blue than red. We need balance. Just cuz a state is red doesnt mean thats 100% of the people with that views, most places kinda just lean one way or the other

Well, naturally the gov't would have to provide ample time and resources for people some people to relocate to appropriate states.

[britneypablo]

It's really interesting to see the TV commercials that simply say "vote"

My understanding is: more people register and vote = more Obama votes. True?


i think your the only one who truly understood the depth of my question ....thank you for seeing my logic....

BUT!

once again let me say for those of you who have not answered according to the question....why would we want people, who do not know something as simple as its their civic duty to vote, voting for our next leader....clearly they cant conceive concepts if they dont know they are supposed to be voting and if they are too lazy to do so....

[Snoogans]

PA's right next door.

Long guns - no paper work or licenses or safety courses or any bullshit.

Vancouver, however, has decriminilized buds. Plus guns, plus people and stuff to do

[GreatAmericanZero]

i think as a country you want to encourage as many people to vote as possible because you want people to give a shit.

i think the really stupid people that don't give a fuck won't vote anyway...but lets get people to participate in the democratic process! Let them care! Its good for the nation

[britneypablo]

oh i just thought of something else....

a representative democracy (which is what we have is) is known as a republic....

isnt that funny in a play on words way?

[Thebazile78]

oh i just thought of something else....

a representative democracy (which is what we have is) is known as a republic....

isnt that funny in a play on words way?

Only when you're talking to someone who insists that we're a democracy.

[LaBoob]

registering to vote is also one of the main ways they nail you for jury duty

i heard that hasnt been true in a long time. They use drivers licenses

one of the ways. Drivers license, voting, signing up for selective service, and i think there is one other way they can get you

My sister and her husband live in the house my mother grew up in and that her father died in in the mid 60's... they recently recieved a jury duty notice for my dead grandfather... now it's been quite a while since he's been eligible for jury duty, being dead for 50 years 'n all, and we of course thought of voter fraud immediately... is there any other way this could've happened?

[Thebazile78]

My sister and her husband live in the house my mother grew up in and that her father died in in the mid 60's... they recently recieved a jury duty notice for my dead grandfather... now it's been quite a while since he's been eligible for jury duty, being dead for 50 years 'n all, and we of course thought of voter fraud immediately... is there any other way this could've happened?

Call the county jury management office.

Here's the listing:

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/directory/jury.htm

[ozzie]

i don't because most states are a little bit more red than blue or a little bit more blue than red. We need balance. Just cuz a state is red doesnt mean thats 100% of the people with that views, most places kinda just lean one way or the other

Thaaank yooooou!!!

Being in a red state is embarrassing sometimes, and with a little accent on certain words or phrases, is the main reason I don't call the show. "Where are you calling from there, Ozzie? Ohhhhh"

I'll probably be wasting my time tomorrow, and it will be assumed that most of the white people here voted for McCain, and most of the minorities in the state voted for Obama, but what the hell. Maybe I'll get exit-polled and give them a nice shitburger to eat on the Ten O'Clock news.

As for as the TV ads, next time pay attention to what time, what channel, and what show they're advertising on, and you'll get a pretty good idea of who is paying for the ad, and who their target audience is.