Just Stay Home, Don’t Vote

October 29, 2008 | Jim Vicevich | |

It is an amazingly revealing interview with another one of my heroes John Stossel. For 20/20 this Stossel interview young people of voting age and found a stunning lack of knowledge on the part of the newly registered electorate. Stunning. The first part here is a clip of the show. The second part is where Shep asks a few questions. Stossel wonders why if people don’t care enough about the Republic to register, why should we have to register them at rock concerts.

This second clip is where Stossel wonders why we put so much faith in government. Indeed.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

2 Comments

  1. Dimsdale on October 29, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    Stossel is right on. It is incumbent upon voters to be at least minimally informed about what they are voting about. It is like buying a car: if you do your research, you will get the best deal. If not, you will be hosed by the dealership. Getting some wasted kids at a concert to fill out a form is no different than getting a child to make an X where you tell them to. Having accurate information will protect YOU, and produce the best possible candidates.

    Of course, if the media insists on misreporting or withholding facts, then I guess we can't be too suprised that potential voters are misinformed (by design).



  2. Erik on October 30, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    OMG I wrote an article in the West Hartford News saying the EXACT same thing.



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