Tue 30 Jun 2009
The State of the Franchise
Posted by Sonoran Alliance under Culture , Demographics , Voter Registration[4] Comments
Earlier today, Dr. Matt Ladner at the Goldwater Institute revealed a disturbing poll on the state of civics education amongst Arizona students. Some time ago, we ran this video but we thought it was worth posting again. This problem is obviously not limited to Arizona students. This video was shot during the November 2008 Election.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Did they interview McCain supporters? Did they edit it down like Leno did on his ‘Jay Walking’ segments?
I agree there is a problem, but is it just with public school students or is it across the board?
June 30th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
One problem is strongly partisan people with “issues.”
http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=4543#comment-185424
Shane refuses to acknowledge the difference between a political party and the government…oh wait, maybe he wants a job at FNC?
June 30th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Its across the board I fear. And, oh yeah, I know a teeny bit about this. There is no question that students don’t know, coming into college, much about how their govt. works. But guess what, when they learn, they often quickly find that the market fails, that govt. fails, but that any ideology that advocates its removal leads to a dangerous state that has little power and little ability to fix problems that the market just wont deliver….and deliver equitably.
For instance, about no one believes that we should get rid of the FDA or State health codes. They don’t want to have to “learn” from the market that the e coli they just got could have been prevented with some inspections and rules that are tough on those that process meat. Upton Sinclair Jungle anyone?
June 30th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
KJ,
LOL! touche!
I guess it’s all in the state of mind and right now our government is controlled by the liberal wing of the Democratic party. Al Franken solidified that today.
Legally, you are correct. The branches of the federal government is a legally separate entity of the DNC. So in essence, the DNC is promoting the healthcare takeover but with the blessing of Barack Obama’s Administration.