When asked if it was ignorance or apathy, Jimmy Buffet said "Hey, I don't know and I don't care." McHenry County voters sure demonstrated their ignorance, apathy or both by turning out only 18% of the registered voters. Excuse me for breathing but doesn't that mean a little over 9% (a majority) of the eligible voters can dictate which elected officials will represent us? Have we really given up on our democracy? We complain about the current flock of politicians and when we have a chance to do something about it, we choke? The Democrats are complaining that Scott Lee Cohen was elected for Lt. Governor by 212,902 out of 7.5 million registered voters in Illinois (less than 3%) because they found out after the fact that Cohen has a questionable past. Now, to add insult to injury Mike Madigan has convinced Cohen to withdraw his name from the race, which he has agreed to do and the Democratic Central Committee will hand pick a replacement. Perhaps it will be someone who hasn't spent a penny to get elected and someone the voters didn't pick. Is this even legal? I suspect we're going to get what we deserve as long as we ignore the very process that makes this country great. What do you think?
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Ignorance or Apathy?
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When asked if it was ignorance or apathy, Jimmy Buffet said "Hey, I don't know and I don't care." McHenry County voters sure demonstrated their ignorance, apathy or both by turning out only 18% of the registered voters. Excuse me for breathing but doesn't that mean a little over 9% (a majority) of the eligible voters can dictate which elected officials will represent us? Have we really given up on our democracy? We complain about the current flock of politicians and when we have a chance to do something about it, we choke? The Democrats are complaining that Scott Lee Cohen was elected for Lt. Governor by 212,902 out of 7.5 million registered voters in Illinois (less than 3%) because they found out after the fact that Cohen has a questionable past. Now, to add insult to injury Mike Madigan has convinced Cohen to withdraw his name from the race, which he has agreed to do and the Democratic Central Committee will hand pick a replacement. Perhaps it will be someone who hasn't spent a penny to get elected and someone the voters didn't pick. Is this even legal? I suspect we're going to get what we deserve as long as we ignore the very process that makes this country great. What do you think?
When asked if it was ignorance or apathy, Jimmy Buffet said "Hey, I don't know and I don't care." McHenry County voters sure demonstrated their ignorance, apathy or both by turning out only 18% of the registered voters. Excuse me for breathing but doesn't that mean a little over 9% (a majority) of the eligible voters can dictate which elected officials will represent us? Have we really given up on our democracy? We complain about the current flock of politicians and when we have a chance to do something about it, we choke? The Democrats are complaining that Scott Lee Cohen was elected for Lt. Governor by 212,902 out of 7.5 million registered voters in Illinois (less than 3%) because they found out after the fact that Cohen has a questionable past. Now, to add insult to injury Mike Madigan has convinced Cohen to withdraw his name from the race, which he has agreed to do and the Democratic Central Committee will hand pick a replacement. Perhaps it will be someone who hasn't spent a penny to get elected and someone the voters didn't pick. Is this even legal? I suspect we're going to get what we deserve as long as we ignore the very process that makes this country great. What do you think?
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