ironic letter in Minneapolis Star Tribune re election

[Eric J in MN]

The letter-writer says there were "no major irregularities or difficulties" in the 2004 election and then proceeds to complain about the ignorance of other citizens.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/563/5106271-2.html

Nov. 29, 2004

"Uninformed electorate

The last election was exemplary. There was a record number of voters, there were no major irregularities or difficulties, and voters were able to get good information about the process and the issues at hand.

Yet 70 percent of the voters for President Bush thought that there were WMD in Iraq. And when they had the choice between well-defined, important subjects like the war in Iraq, terrorism, the budget deficit, Social Security, education and health care, 20 percent of all voters decided the most important was "moral values," a vague, poorly defined idea.

Democracy is, by definition, government by the people. And, based on this election, we have a well-defined democracy.

But democracy does not mean government by intelligent people. Our country is a democracy. But is it a country of intelligent people?

Fernando Torres, Edina.

[dflprincess]

1. I had the same thought when I read that this morning.

It just underscores what a lousy job the media is doing.