{"id":6493,"date":"2021-04-09T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interestingauthors.com\/blog\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:30:35","slug":"missouri-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interestingauthors.com\/blog\/society\/missouri-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Show Me” State Isn’t a “Vote Me” State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Missouri voters can’t even be bothered to vote for themselves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You gotta love this Newsweek article<\/a> where even the candidates didn’t bother to vote for themselves. I’ve commented on voting<\/a> many times before. That’s how you end up with fake presidents like Trump and a Texas power grid that can’t keep the lights on<\/a>. All it takes is voter apathy and the Thumb-up-ass party finds its way into office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course Ted Cruz is probably going to prison now<\/a>. I make that statement based on the fact Jesse Jackson Jr. went to prison for misuse of campaign funds<\/a> so in a post Black Lives Matter world, they can’t let a white guy like Ted off with just a fine. That would be a shining and undeniable example of White Privilege<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, you bothered to gather the signatures to get on the ballot but you couldn’t bother showing up to vote for yourselves? Missouri voters take apathy to a new low. You have now lost all right to complain about any elected official anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missouri voters can’t even be bothered to vote for themselves! Featured image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay You gotta love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,3],"tags":[3238,2363,3237,3235,3228,3236,3141],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-thankyousirmayihaveanother","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-donald-trump","tag-jesse-jackson-jr","tag-missouri-voters","tag-ted-cruz","tag-voting","tag-white-privilege"],"yoast_head":"\nThe "Show Me" State Isn't a "Vote Me" State – Interesting Authors Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Missouri voters take apathy to a new low. 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