{"id":46143,"date":"2014-10-29T11:41:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T17:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/i-want-you-to-not-vote.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:21:16","slug":"i-want-you-to-not-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/i-want-you-to-not-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"I Want You to NOT Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And, yeah, it&#39;s rabidly partisan, but it&#39;s darned funny.<\/p>\n<p>And, yeah, also true: when you don&#39;t vote, you let someone else take charge (and that&#39;s a message that cuts across partisan lines).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It&#39;s funny because it&#39;s true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdGXD9me8no' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/HsNZ4VAMnYK'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And, yeah, it&#39;s rabidly partisan, but it&#39;s darned funny. And, yeah, also true: when you don&#39;t vote, you let someone else take charge (and that&#39;s a message that cuts across partisan lines). Originally shared by +Les Jenkins: It&#39;s funny because it&#39;s true. 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Here's GOP Chair Michael Steele talking last week talking with the press after a meeting with Wisconsin party faithful. \"All you moderates out there, y'all come. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food &amp; Drink&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Food &amp; Drink","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7035,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/09\/election_reform.html","url_meta":{"origin":46143,"position":4},"title":"Election reform","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Nov-04 3:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The NY Times weighs in editorially on election reform goals. And, by and large, they're things I can support: It's patently obvious that presidential elections, at least, should be conducted...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics &amp; Law&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics &amp; Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135784,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/09\/first-time-federal-ruling-partisan-gerrymandering.html","url_meta":{"origin":46143,"position":5},"title":"A first-time federal ruling against partisan gerrymandering","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Jan-18 10:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And I say huzzah. Gerrymandering -- by any political party to achieve and sustain its staying in power -- is anti-democratic and wrong. 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