Yesterday the voters in my state have proven their total lack of rational thought…..but it is getting better?

In the past I have been a staunch critic of the politics and the politicians of the state of Mississippi….I always say look at what the elected officials have given the voters of the state….if there is a “worst” list…we are on top and if there is a “best” list we are on or near the bottom….does that sound like the voter has been diligent in the research into their candidates?

For instance, the voter falls for the promise of tax cuts every time and the promise of jobs and then they struggle like Hell to find a job that pays a little better than minimum wage….they fall for the promise of education and then allow the elected ones cut the system to the bone and then wonder why the state’s education sucks……they vote for emotional issues that do NOTHING to bring Mississippi out of the 19th century……God, Guns and Abortion……

Either the voters are the laziness in the country or they are the most ignorant……But wait!

Mississippi voters Tuesday rejected a controversial amendment that would have defined life as beginning at conception.

The Mississippi amendment would have made it impossible to get an abortion in the state and hampered the ability to get the morning-after pill or birth control pills that destroy fertilized eggs. Disposing of unused fertilized eggs could also have become illegal, making in vitro fertilization treatments more difficult.

That vote was amazing…the voter showed some actual knowledge of the issue this time…..But wait!

While the abortion ballot initiative in Mississippi got the most attention, another constitutional amendment that CNN projects to pass will require voters to submit a government-issued photo ID.  Mississippi will be the 15th state to require photo IDs to vote.  Such laws have become popular with Republicans, who say they are trying to reduce voter fraud.  Democrats argue that Republicans are trying to suppress voter turnout, especially among people who tend to vote for Democrats.

Now this one did NOT surprise me at all….Repubs will do whatever they must to try and keep Dem leaning voters from the polls……and in Mississippi that means African-American voters……and now that the state’s legislature will gain more Repubs….I look for other issues similar to this to start appearing……

The workers in the state do NOT have to worry about any Repub attacks on their rights….for you see….workers have very few rights to begin with…..

So are the stereotypes right?  Regrettably they are are……the voter did show that they can do some independent thinking…..but NOT too much at any one time……