election lures

I learned a new phrase today. Somehow, I doubt I'll find as many uses for it as I do "asshat." But, it was interesting.

Being that this year's elections aren't electing a grand poo-pah - it is anticipated that very few voters will find their ways to the polls next month. One of the ways voters were lured in the last election was not just that a grand poo-pah was being elected, but that the conservatives and religious right had made quite a bit of stomping, angry noises about "hot button" issues. Hot button issues are ones that are designed to make a whole bunch of folks think that they must make laws about issues that frankly will effect only a small portion of the community - like abortion and gay marriage. Yep, our grand poo-pah was elected on issues that only a few americans will ever have to face.

Well, one of the tactics this year to lure voters are so called "cool button" issues. Rather silly bits of legislation that will appeal to the rebel in all of us. One state has the pen size for pregnant pigs on the ballots this year. Ha Ha Ha.

Maybe I should float some sort of legislation about the granting of monkeys rights if they can pass standard language skill tests? That would put me ahead of some of you with voting rights.