Bush voters must wear scarlet 'B'

[wtmusic]

I still wear my Kerry '04 t-shirt. All the time.

But those Bush/Cheney voters have cleaned my hardware store out of Goo-Gone, trying to pull the bumper stickers off their SUVs. Can't get 'em off fast enough. Those little oval "W04" stickers? Collector's items. I know at least 5 Republicans who, when you ask them who they voted for, will change the subject. None seem all that proud that they have their own little part in this unfolding debacle.

So here's the deal: I want these people accountable. I want my kids to know who squandered their future, who dirtied their air, who chopped their forests, who killed their older brothers and sisters in an unnecessary war, who spent their medicare, who made them into terrorist targets.

First leglislation to be passed in '08 is a very un-democratic one--we abolish the right to privacy in voting. Everyone's vote is public record. Votes tattooed on everyone's forehead? Or everyone forced to wear a pin? Maybe that will make these idiots pay attention next time.

Only half-joking.

[corkhead]

1. I've noticed most of them have peeled the "scarlet W" off of their cars nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. I like this idea!

And make it okay for the ones wearing the B to be served last in restaurants, to have special checkout lines at stores that are rarely staffed by anyone, can't use the roadways at rush hour, can't buy fresh or frozen produce or meats at the grocery store: have to buy all boxed and canned stuff, filled with the chemicals they all think are better for you than fresh anyway because only liberal commie pinko America-hating hippies buy organic, etc.

[wtmusic]

7. yes!

and a 'W' tax--tack on an extra 15% to help return the national debt to the year 2000 level

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. That's right! Why should the innocent bear the burden of their folly?

Make those fuckers pay back the debt. Let's balance the budget on their backs, while WE sip our champagne and eat our caviar.

[Fovea]

3. a curiosity

In Kansas (as in what's the matter with) I noticed a whole flock of 'W's' AFTER the stolection in Nov. Now they have melted away again, like a freak snow in May.

So much for Karl's thousand year Freep.

[JuniperLea]

4. Making friends and influencing people

Saying "I told you so" rarely does good. I think we should take the high ground and welcome the newly awakened from the Kool-Aid induced trance and show them, with that one little act of kindness, that we are above the sort of snootiness they are accustomed to with their old Right Wing crowd.

Just saying.

[wtmusic]

10. there's a fine line

between revenge and holding people accountable. That doesn't make the latter any less necessary.

[JuniperLea]

11. If they are worth their salt

And they are seeing the light, the punishment they give themselves would be sufficient. Can you imagine the guilt?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. I removed my Kerry sticker

after my car got keyed. Okay, I'm a coward. I also have a $500 deductible on my car insurance.

But then I have never been comfortable with wearing political views on my sleeve. I bristle when someone asks me how I voted. That's what the curtain is for. I find some people use that information to categorize you forever.

I know you're joking, tho.

[wtmusic]

8. interesting

in theory it should be a private decision. But in reality, shouldn't we have to take responsibility for our decisions, like just about everything else in life?

A few people I know had their cars keyed too--one friend's car was nearly brand new. When I showed disgust, his face lit up and he said, "Oh no. This is a badge of honor."

[TallahasseeGrannie]

12. Badge of honor?

I like that.

Really, to me, the biggest argument against public voting is, obviously, the fact that your vote can be bought.

But I still am uncomfortable with being too vocal about my politics, I guess partly because I am just kind of a private person.

[wtmusic]

14. An uncomfortable balance

between right to privacy vs. accountability.

I'm not sure that vote-buying would be the problem it's often made out to be. Vote tampering is a felony punishable by a $10,000 fine, and tamperers are the easiest criminal in the world to catch--all it takes is one squealer. In no one's frame of reference is one vote worth $10,000.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

16. Very good point

Times have changed.

[Ladyhawk]

15. I took most of my stuff off the car after my surgery.

I couldn't afford to have a close encounter of the freeper kind on the road.

[MojoXN]

6. "I still wear my Kerry '04 t-shirt. All the time."

So do I. And I noticed something, lately, I haven't heard one fuckwad say anything along the lines of, "Get over it! He lost, and the adults are still in charge."

A pity, really. It took the death of thousands of innocent Americans to wake these assholes up. Even more tragically, there are still countless halfwits who STILL think that GWB is God's gift to Amerikey. Satan's gift, maybe...

MojoXN

[mopinko]

13. kick

not joking at all. let's look in THEIR closets, and tattoo THEM. unless they write a HUGE check to blanco's nola fund.

[Mutley]

17. These are people.

They made a terrible mistake, but they are people nonetheless. A vast majority of them were duped into voting for W and would never dream of doing the things Bush has done. Shall we have them sit in the back of the bus? Shall we have seperate "Bush" water fountains? Shall we let them all die if a terrible disaster hits their neighborhood?

[wtmusic]

18. No

we should require that they read the newspaper once in a while. We should require that they don't believe everything their president tells them. We should require that they make informed decisions about the future of their country.

In short, to take responsibility.