SansPretense

No, I promise, I’m not making a joke about the maturity and reasoning skills of liberal voters. I’m talking about the latest bill to try and get passed in Germany (hat tip Moonbattery):

Dozens of German politicians have tabled a new law to extend voting rights to babies, toddlers, children and teenagers.

The bill, which has won the cross-party backing of some heavyweight German politicians, would wipe away decades of “exclusion” and “discrimination” against minors, according to its supporters.

Currently the voting threshold in Germany is 18, with an exception in some states, where 16-year-olds are allowed to cast a ballot.

But that does not go far enough for the new law’s backers, who want to ensure voting rights from cradle to grave. If the bill gets adopted, babies will have the same powers to voice their opinion on government handling of macro-economic performance in a global downturn enjoyed by their parents.

Toddlers will be able to take a stand on issues such as whether German armed forces should be deployed abroad.

According to the head of the liberal Free Democratic Party ­ traditional coalition partner of Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party ­ the constitutional change would enfranchise 14 million people.

Yep. We need to enfranchise two year olds because, dammit, when they throw their temper tantrums, stamp their feet, break things, and lash out at their parents and authority figures, they certainly deserve to be taken just as seriously as their other liberal counterparts…

Of course, when you consider that toddlers aren’t that much less informed than many adult voters (hat tip to Five Feet of Fury), the only problem with extending voting rights is that the toddlers decision making abilities will give those who wish us to vote based on “feelings” and what the government can do for us will have a HUGE voting block.

So do you think McCain or Obama will have a better ability to reach out to the toddlers in this country? I’m pretty sure that McCain is too much of a cranky old man to bother…