Should Old People Be Allowed to Vote?
If you've been on here lately you've seen Mike's hit on 20/20's Libertarian reporter John Stossel for his questioning of whether young voters are smart enough to actually vote.
Well.... Trick or Vote Groups have decided to ask whether old people should have the right to vote... since they are so ill informed.
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Awesome. You haven't lived
Awesome. You haven't lived until you've seen Jefferson Smith sporting a faux Stossel 'stache. It's positively villainous.
Excellent
This is the kind of stuff we need to beat back the doubters/smear jobs.