Take Away the Vote!

This, from an article about a recent poll on whether John Kerry would be a better president based on security issues comes a gem of a quote:

"I don't think Kerry's ready to be president," said Laura Weber, a 37-year-old Republican from Pierre, S.D. "Bush would be more decisive."

Yes, Laura Weber, because being decisive is important in your president. Especially when he makes those decisions dogmatically, quickly, with inaccurate information (or none at all) and those decisions are all wrong!. Far be it that your president might actually consider an issue, investigate it, and debate the merits of his decision before making up his mind and acting on it.

I would make some comment about how I think it'd be great if they repealed the vote for some people or something, but hey, if we get Laura Weber's wish, they will! Don't think that "disenfranchisement" is a central plank to the Republican party's platform? How else can you rule the world, if not through a military dictatorship?

Voting can be so pesky sometimes. Especially when those uppity non-white folks in Florida exercise their 15th Amendment rights.

Which I guess gives me the thread that we really do get the leaders we deserve. The stupid ones, apparently, is what "we" deserve.