Comments on: Vote Today Ohio–Day 5–The Morning After http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/10/03/vote-today-ohio-day-5-the-morning-after/ (with occasional liberties) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:31:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/10/03/vote-today-ohio-day-5-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Steve Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:06:29 +0000 http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/10/03/vote-today-ohio-day-5-the-morning-after/#comment-366 Pam-- I agree with David Foster Wallace's assessment of what not voting means, but because of its more-than-oblique reference to John McCain, there is much irony in the quote you include in your comment. The quote comes from a <em>Rolling Stone</em> article entitled "The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys And The Shrub: Seven Days In The Life Of The Late, Great John McCain," published April 2000, during the primary campaign where Bush's negative ads crippled McCain's chance to win the nomination. It is on page 6 of the article. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18420304/the_weasel_twelve_monkeys_and_the_shrub/1 Pam–

I agree with David Foster Wallace’s assessment of what not voting means, but because of its more-than-oblique reference to John McCain, there is much irony in the quote you include in your comment. The quote comes from a Rolling Stone article entitled “The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys And The Shrub: Seven Days In The Life Of The Late, Great John McCain,” published April 2000, during the primary campaign where Bush’s negative ads crippled McCain’s chance to win the nomination. It is on page 6 of the article.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18420304/the_weasel_twelve_monkeys_and_the_shrub/1

]]> By: Pam Rosenthal http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/10/03/vote-today-ohio-day-5-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Pam Rosenthal Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:04:45 +0000 http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/10/03/vote-today-ohio-day-5-the-morning-after/#comment-357 Thought of you and everyone else doing such important registration work today, Steve, when I read this, directed at young potential voters, by the brilliant and much missed David Foster Wallace: <blockquote><i>By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is</i> no such thing as not voting: <i>you either vote by voting or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote</i>.</blockquote> Thought of you and everyone else doing such important registration work today, Steve, when I read this, directed at young potential voters, by the brilliant and much missed David Foster Wallace:

By all means stay home if you want, but don’t bullshit yourself that you’re not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote.

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