Every day on my drive home I pass a giant Vote or Die billboard. I hate Vote or Die. The billboard has Paris Hilton, Mary J. Blige and Ellen DeGeneres ordering me to vote or be executed. I’mglad that Paris Hilton has something to say about politics. I’ve always valued her opinion, especially when she’s naked.
Every day this week I’ve gotten at least 3 prerecorded phone calls telling me who to vote for. Ed Rendell, the man who had a hoagie named after him, has called my house 3 times in the past 2 weeks. In addition to the recordings, real people call me and ask me who I’m voting for. I’ve had to begin screening my calls. Strangers knock on my door either asking who I’m voting for or telling me who to vote for. The candidate flyers piled on my kitchen table have convinced me of the importance of recycling.
I am not political by nature. I believe I’ve mentioned that I vote mainly on the basis of women’s reproductive rights. On Tuesday I plan to vote for Kerry even though he’s a giant douche. It’s really not much better than voting for Bush, the turd sandwich. If you haven’t seen Wednesday’s South Park, I highly recommend it. They feel the same way I do, but they’re much, much funnier.
Anonymous | 30-Oct-04 at 8:04 pm | Permalink
I heard the south park guys came out and said something to the effect of:
if you don’t know what your voting for, don’t go out and vote.
Sean penn heard this and went absoluty apeshit. probobaly because he knows uninformed voters tend to vote democrat.
i think the best thing to happen in the 21st century have been shows like “the osbourns”, “the simple life” and the “anna nicole smith show”. I think seeing these celebs in their day to day life has put all of hollywood’s stature right in its place. anyone who thinks “the sean penn” show or “the martin sheen show” would have been any less hysterical is fooling themselves. If only the “liza minneli show” had seen the light of day.
in any case i agree with the south park guys on this one. voting isn’t a virtue in itself. if you don’t have at least one genuine issue to vote on, either go inform yourself or stay home on election day