MEGaDUCK Asks California Voters: ‘What’s This “Voting” Thing About, Anyway?’
On the day of a critical statewide vote to determine whether to raise taxes by an additional $16 billion in the midst of an ongoing state budget crisis, Republican gubernatorial hopeful MEGaDUCK questioned what the fuss was all about.
“Why do people vote?” the three-time dodgeball champion asked. “Really, just skip it – that’s what I did!”
Last week, MEGaDUCK announced intentions to be the quackiest candidate for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, running on a platform of Ducking Debates, Ducking Reporters and Ducking Voters. A comic strip at http://www.megaduck2010.com/ chronicles “The Adventures of MEGaDUCK,” and supporters can also follow MEGaDUCK on Twitter and Facebook.
Ducking Election Day
Based on a true story:
Whitman shares yet another commonality with Checchi – a spotty voting record. Voters in polls and focus groups were flabbergasted to learn that the guy who wanted to be elected governor in 1998 hadn’t even gotten off his duff to vote in either the primary or general election the last time California elected a governor in 1994. This was an immediate disqualification for many primary voters (Checchi finished with only 12.5 percent of the vote, despite spending a then-record $40 million on his primary campaign).
Whitman didn’t bother to vote in four statewide elections since just 2003 – including the ‘03 recall election that put Gov. Schwarzenegger in office. À la Checchi, she hasn’t been able to verify whether she voted in the 1994 gubernatorial election, when the controversial anti-immigrant Prop. 187 was on the ballot. She has apologized for these lapses, saying she was busy running a company and had two kids. (Average voters with kids use that as an excuse for skipping the polling place?)
From Capitol Weekly
Debate Day: Still Ducking
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