{"id":511,"date":"2004-12-02T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T03:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/remember-this-is-satire\/"},"modified":"2004-12-02T20:24:15","modified_gmt":"2004-12-03T03:24:15","slug":"remember-this-is-satire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/theirs\/remember-this-is-satire\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember: this is satire<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Onion | Republicans Call For Privatization Of Next Election<\/a><\/p>\n

Citing the “extreme inefficiency” of this month’s U.S. presidential election, key Republicans called for future elections to be conducted by the private sector.<\/p>\n

Santorum calls for the removal of big government from the election process.\t<\/p>\n

“When the average citizen hears the phrase ‘presidential election,’ he thinks of long lines at polling places and agonizing waits as election results are tallied,” U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) told reporters Monday. “Putting the election of our public officials into the hands of private industry would motivate election officials to be more efficient.”<\/p>\n

“There’s too much talk about the accuracy and fairness of our national elections, and not enough about their proficiency and profitability,” Santorum added. “Who bears the brunt of bureaucratic waste? Taxpayers.”<\/p>\n

U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) called for an end to “big government overseeing the election of big government.”<\/p>\n

“It’s time we opened the election process to competition,” Burns said. “The free market is the petri dish for innovation, be it in telecommunications, the healthcare system, or democracy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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