John Kerry: Voters are Stupid

April 11, 2005
3:09 pm
Posted in: Politics

Former Presidential candidate for the Democratic party, John Kerry, issued a statement alleging voter intimidation and trickery denied many access to the polls in the past election.

“Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated,” the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.

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“Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you’ve ever had a parking ticket, you’re not allowed to vote,” he said.

USA Today: Kerry says Americans denied voting access by deception

How does that in any way deny the right to vote? How is that intimidation? Couldn’t those people still have voted if they had half a mind to question what they were being told? Seems to me that Kerry is just implying that some people are really stupid. Yes… yes they are. So if your party is really intent on securing the votes of dimwits, maybe you should try to reach out to them with information. Buy stupid people little digital watches that start beeping on election day. Nothing you do is going to eliminate stupidity, so you’ll just have to work with it.

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