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MajorMike
01-22-2008, 08:38 AM
By absentee. Just doing my part.
Lewis the Pike
01-22-2008, 10:57 AM
lemme guess.... McCain?
MajorMike
01-22-2008, 11:34 AM
I'm registered Demo.

However McCain is by far my fave GOP guy.
Verb
01-22-2008, 01:24 PM
Good for you. I say no bitching about politicians UNLESS you voted, by golly. If you don't participate in the process, you deserve the government you get.
T. J.
01-22-2008, 02:43 PM
Good for you. I say no bitching about politicians UNLESS you voted, by golly. If you don't participate in the process, you deserve the government you get.

I tend to agree, but I read a great column by the Freakonomics guys a while back (great book by the way, if you haven't read it) that basically said "Your vote doesn't really matter that much."

Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/magazine/06freak.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fFeatures%2fMagazine%2fColumns%2fFreakonomi cs&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/magazine/06freak.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fFeatures%2fMagazine%2fColumns%2fFreakonomi cs&oref=slogin)
MajorMike
01-23-2008, 07:26 AM
I bet my vote in the school board election (where there are typically around 20-30 votes) matters. Especially since there are 4 peeps running. I voted for the OSU grad, btw.