# This guy is too stupid to live, yet gets to vote (Idiot letter to Editor)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732 "2008-09-29T16:54:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/21 "2008-09-29T22:21:14Z")

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I swear. I could write a darn popular book just collecting fool letters to newspaper editors. The letters section in our local paper is a rational argument to increase postal stamps to $100.

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/22 "2008-09-30T01:43:51Z")

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A theory: the letter writer’s kid needed an example of “damning with faint praise” for English Comp and the letter writer chose to supply one.

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**Author:** ![Cider\_Depot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Cider\_Depot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cider_Depot)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/23 "2008-09-30T01:52:38Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> I’m reassured that if McCain does get elected, his corpse can continue to be president and the role doesn’t have to be passed to Palin.

Cool! Zombie Prez.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/24 "2008-09-30T19:24:53Z")

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> [@CaerieD](#):
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> I’ve talked to several men in my area now who’ve told me they’re planning on voting for Palin (oh, and by extension McCain, they suppose) because they want to have sex with her. :rolleyes:

If she chose to go after votes that way, yet still lost, she would be a sore loser!

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/25 "2008-09-30T20:25:39Z")

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> [@vetbridge](#):
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> If she chose to go after votes that way, yet still lost, she would be a sore loser!

Sore, win or lose.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-too-stupid-to-live-yet-gets-to-vote-idiot-letter-to-editor/465732/26 "2008-09-30T20:28:19Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Sore, win or lose.

If she buys enough votes to win, she’ll be _beyond sore_.😃

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