[bsrsharma]

Vote based on what you think will benefit you, and be done with it.

Hmm.. Isn't that a rather minimalist practice of good Citizenship? I am pretty sure most people won't benefit significantly differently, individually, based on who becomes the next President. But the overall direction of our Civilization can change dramatically – as the last 8 years have demonstrated forcefully. I think being a little more concerned about the future of Community/State/Nation is not entirely useless.

 

[bsrsharma]

What is the Quid Pro Quo for illegals to vote? Plenty of Citizens don’t care to vote knowing full well they are selecting the national leaders. What does an illegal, who has no clue, probably doesn’t know the language of the ballot or instructions, get by wasting his/her time to engage in a completely meaningless ritual? Unless someone can show there is vote buying for cash/kind, these allegations are red herrings (and probably thinly veiled racism against Hispanic political activism). One can fully be opposed to illegal immigration without becoming an “illegal voting” alarmist.

[bsrsharma]

What is the Quid Pro Quo for illegals to vote? Plenty of Citizens don’t care to vote knowing full well they are selecting the national leaders. What does an illegal, who has no clue, probably doesn’t know the language of the ballot or instructions, get by wasting his/her time to engage in a completely meaningless ritual? Unless someone can show there is vote buying for cash/kind, these allegations are red herrings (and probably thinly veiled racism against Hispanic political activism). One can fully be opposed to illegal immigration without becoming an “illegal voting” alarmist.

[bsrsharma]

What is the Quid Pro Quo for illegals to vote? Plenty of Citizens don’t care to vote knowing full well they are selecting the national leaders. What does an illegal, who has no clue, probably doesn’t know the language of the ballot or instructions, get by wasting his/her time to engage in a completely meaningless ritual? Unless someone can show there is vote buying for cash/kind, these allegations are red herrings (and probably thinly veiled racism against Hispanic political activism). One can fully be opposed to illegal immigration without becoming an “illegal voting” alarmist.

[bsrsharma]

What is the Quid Pro Quo for illegals to vote? Plenty of Citizens don’t care to vote knowing full well they are selecting the national leaders. What does an illegal, who has no clue, probably doesn’t know the language of the ballot or instructions, get by wasting his/her time to engage in a completely meaningless ritual? Unless someone can show there is vote buying for cash/kind, these allegations are red herrings (and probably thinly veiled racism against Hispanic political activism). One can fully be opposed to illegal immigration without becoming an “illegal voting” alarmist.

[bsrsharma]

What is the Quid Pro Quo for illegals to vote? Plenty of Citizens don’t care to vote knowing full well they are selecting the national leaders. What does an illegal, who has no clue, probably doesn’t know the language of the ballot or instructions, get by wasting his/her time to engage in a completely meaningless ritual? Unless someone can show there is vote buying for cash/kind, these allegations are red herrings (and probably thinly veiled racism against Hispanic political activism). One can fully be opposed to illegal immigration without becoming an “illegal voting” alarmist.

[bsrsharma]

Your observation is interesting, considering that illegal immigration probably hurts African-Americans proportionately more (in terms of wage competition). However, no patriotic US Citizen can describe the minutemen as “crazed gringos”. I don’t support vigilantism, but those folks are armed with … radios and binoculars. They have never hurt an illegal crosser. What’s wrong with a bunch of volunteers becoming the eyes and ears of national borders?

[bsrsharma]

Your observation is interesting, considering that illegal immigration probably hurts African-Americans proportionately more (in terms of wage competition). However, no patriotic US Citizen can describe the minutemen as “crazed gringos”. I don’t support vigilantism, but those folks are armed with … radios and binoculars. They have never hurt an illegal crosser. What’s wrong with a bunch of volunteers becoming the eyes and ears of national borders?

[bsrsharma]

Your observation is interesting, considering that illegal immigration probably hurts African-Americans proportionately more (in terms of wage competition). However, no patriotic US Citizen can describe the minutemen as “crazed gringos”. I don’t support vigilantism, but those folks are armed with … radios and binoculars. They have never hurt an illegal crosser. What’s wrong with a bunch of volunteers becoming the eyes and ears of national borders?

[bsrsharma]

Your observation is interesting, considering that illegal immigration probably hurts African-Americans proportionately more (in terms of wage competition). However, no patriotic US Citizen can describe the minutemen as “crazed gringos”. I don’t support vigilantism, but those folks are armed with … radios and binoculars. They have never hurt an illegal crosser. What’s wrong with a bunch of volunteers becoming the eyes and ears of national borders?

[bsrsharma]

Your observation is interesting, considering that illegal immigration probably hurts African-Americans proportionately more (in terms of wage competition). However, no patriotic US Citizen can describe the minutemen as “crazed gringos”. I don’t support vigilantism, but those folks are armed with … radios and binoculars. They have never hurt an illegal crosser. What’s wrong with a bunch of volunteers becoming the eyes and ears of national borders?

[bsrsharma]

It is not so much Clinton Vs. Obama politics that puzzles me as much as the clear lack of leadership material to fill the Presidential pipeline. Both are weak Senators without much in terms of achievement. For a national party with as much advantage that Democrats have this year in taking WH, there is no strong governor with a record or a Senator with some gravitas.

The situation is not much better among Republicans either. A fairly strong Senator but much despised by large sections of his own party makes for a poor showing for a national leader. The others who were governors just couldn’t light a fire.

All points to a difficult problem: in a time of serious national crisis, there is just no leadership available to calm the citizenry.

[bsrsharma]

It is not so much Clinton Vs. Obama politics that puzzles me as much as the clear lack of leadership material to fill the Presidential pipeline. Both are weak Senators without much in terms of achievement. For a national party with as much advantage that Democrats have this year in taking WH, there is no strong governor with a record or a Senator with some gravitas.

The situation is not much better among Republicans either. A fairly strong Senator but much despised by large sections of his own party makes for a poor showing for a national leader. The others who were governors just couldn’t light a fire.

All points to a difficult problem: in a time of serious national crisis, there is just no leadership available to calm the citizenry.

[bsrsharma]

It is not so much Clinton Vs. Obama politics that puzzles me as much as the clear lack of leadership material to fill the Presidential pipeline. Both are weak Senators without much in terms of achievement. For a national party with as much advantage that Democrats have this year in taking WH, there is no strong governor with a record or a Senator with some gravitas.

The situation is not much better among Republicans either. A fairly strong Senator but much despised by large sections of his own party makes for a poor showing for a national leader. The others who were governors just couldn’t light a fire.

All points to a difficult problem: in a time of serious national crisis, there is just no leadership available to calm the citizenry.

[bsrsharma]

It is not so much Clinton Vs. Obama politics that puzzles me as much as the clear lack of leadership material to fill the Presidential pipeline. Both are weak Senators without much in terms of achievement. For a national party with as much advantage that Democrats have this year in taking WH, there is no strong governor with a record or a Senator with some gravitas.

The situation is not much better among Republicans either. A fairly strong Senator but much despised by large sections of his own party makes for a poor showing for a national leader. The others who were governors just couldn’t light a fire.

All points to a difficult problem: in a time of serious national crisis, there is just no leadership available to calm the citizenry.

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