June 21, 2010
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Political Idiocy
The following is a transcript of a conversation between a radio show host and a caller (keep in mind, this person is allowed to VOTE). Press play and listen, read the transcript, or do both and follow along!
Host: Let’s go to Boca Raton Florida (she’s on the other side) Jo in Boca Raton, welcome. You say the Arizona law is wrong, is that correct?
Caller: Yes, I think it’s absolutely racist that they’re telling illegal aliens that they can’t come into Arizona. They can do what they want to! I mean, we’re America. This…We have to have open eyes…..
Host: Wait, you’re saying too many things at once. They’re saying what?
Caller: That we need to….
Host: You’re saying, wait ma’am, are you aware of the fact that a country has borders? Are you aware of that?
Caller: I’m saying that we need to get rid of our borders so can welcome all forms and walks of life.
Host: [long pause] Of course your pulling my leg….
Caller: I’m serious. Just look at how your ancestors got here!
Host: Well they didn’t come here illegally, maybe yours did. How did yours get here, did they come here illegally?
Caller: I don’t know, but they got over here somehow. And now I’m….
Host: Well apparently they pulled from the lowest level of the gene pool from where you came from, that you don’t even know how a nation is defined. How many people do you think this country could sustain with open borders? Is there a limit? An upper limit in your mind?
Caller: I think we could sustain so many people because there’s capital….
Host: I said how many? How many people are in America today, how many millions?
Caller: Six hundred million.
Host: Oh my god. Oh boy. We’re in trouble aren’t we? So you just guessed at that I can see, because that’s not the correct number. Ok, we’ll give you another chance. How many people do you think the United States of America could sustain if we had no borders and anybody could just enter the country? How many people?
Caller: We need to put limits on people’s income, because people are making way too much money, and they need to….
Host: So, in other words, it’s not the number of people here, it’s the amount of money people are making.
Caller: Yes, it’s the greed in America. We need to….
Host: I see. How much money do you make a year, Jo?
Caller: Nothing. Right now I’m on a welfare check. But that doesn’t matter anyway.
Host: Ahhh, you’re on a welfare check. That’s why your so benevolent with other people’s money. So you’re telling men like me who work for a living, who pay your welfare check that I should be limited on how much I make so you can make more money doing nothing?
Caller: Well, I think that you don’t pay my welfare check, I think Obama pays my welfare check, and I….
Host: Wait, what? Do you mean Obama pays it out of his pocket? Where does Obama get the money from, Jo?
Caller: I dunno, his stash. I don’t know where he gets it! But the thing….
Host: What do you mean you don’t know where he gets it from? It’s called a public treasury! Where does the money come from into the public treasury Jo?
Caller: Illegal aliens who work for a living and then they pass the money to the government!
Host: Jo, you’re a very sick person. I really pity you Jo, and you never should’ve been able to get on the show because a man once defined Hell as a place where there is no reason; and you just dragged me into Hell, Jo.
vwagenjetta: I cannot believe this guy kept himself together while talking to this lady. It is absolutely astounding that there are actually people out there who think like this, and even more unbearable a thought that they are allowed to participate in the public election of the person who will more or less be running the country for the next four to eight years! It’s people like this that really make me wish there were some sort of voter qualifications that needed to be met before one could cast their vote into a political election. I’m sure there’s someone out there who voted for Obama, or McCain or whoever throughout the years that did so at the promise of, I dunno, free candy for life. If you know nothing about politics whatsoever; if you know nothing about economics, or taxes, or government in general, your input should not be admissible in an election. What do you think?
Comments (9)
The thing is, there ARE laws out there to prevent morons from voting. They’re just no longer enforced.
I believe folks should have to take a civics test to be allowed to vote. They should have to pass a test AT LEAST the same as the legal immigrants take when they take their citizenship test.
You don’t have to agree with how this nation is set up, but you should at least know how it’s supposed to work. If they were to do that, I believe that the corrupt politicians would be out the door in no time.
Today, my 16yo daughter asked “What is a democracy?” We were sitting in a fast food joint. When *I* was 16, I voluntarily, and without a teacher’s guidance, studied various political systems. Before I was eligible to vote, I had learned enough to make an intelligent decision on which I would support. I gave my daughter the short version of the difference between Classical Greek democracy and the Republic established by the Founding Fathers. Then I launched into communism and socialism and the creeping changes in the United States government. A man at the next table seemed extremely uncomfortable with her continued questions and my explanations. He avoided my eyes and left without saying anything. I suspected that he was yet another of the brain-washed results of the ‘revolution’ of the 1960s. The caller in the tape sounded like she was also a flower-child grandchild who would make Lenin proud.
I really have no response other than wow…
I wish I could say I’m surprised.
Amen to that!
WoW! Astonishing. I guess the money is just there, and everybody who wants it can just take it and never replenish it, like magic. People are so completely shallow all they care about is what is on the surface and the here and now.
The conversation didn’t surprise me at all. I’ve been saying that there should be some requirement to demonstrate competence before being allowed to vote. I agree with your conclusion completely, my man. Peace.
Thanks for commenting guys!
@grim_truth - There are? That’s awesome! Somebody really needs to bring such laws into the light and demand they be enforced.
@Alatariel40 - I think you’re right. Lenin would be proud.
@CrystallineFigurines - I hear that. People like this often leave me speechless.
@sonnetjoy - Me too.
@mtngirlsouth - It’s terrifyingly hilarious that when he asks where the money comes from she says, “His stash.” It’d be funny if this whole thing was a bit, but it’s scary knowing she’s being serious.
@AOK4WAY - It didn’t surprise me either, really, but it is none the less shocking. Every time I hear something like this the caller’s stupidity reaches a whole new level.
i find it hard to believe this is real, my brain tells me no one can be this stupid, she has to be a plant. then i remember all the morons i’ve met in my life and it makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry.
where did you find this, i would like to share it with others.
@ionekoa - It’s a clip I received via email, and a snippet of the Michael Savage show. He’s now on TRN (the Talk Radio Network). If you want to share it, I’d be happy to send you the file via email, or however else you’d like. Message me with your address. And you’re right. I really wish this was a bit, and it does hurt to know there are people out there who truly are that stupid.