When candidates, campaign managers and political consultants say their prayers at night they most likely ask that Michigan voters continue to be ignorant. That’s because an illinformed citizen is easy to exploit for political gain. Or to put it another way, it is infinitely easier to pull the wool over the eyes of a voter who is too lazy to do their homework on a candidate for this office or that.
The most glaring example goes back to the reign of House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Congress. He created the now infamous Contract with America aimed at over hauling the U.S. government including making some changes to the Social Security system...the third rail of politics that sends senior citizens for a double dose of their pain pills.
While the Newtser was doing that back in D.C., Michigan Democrats were busy back here exploiting the ignorance of voters.
