A Little Bit of Cynical Election Day Comedy, Courtesy of George Carlin

NEW YORK—Everyone says that if you don't vote, you have no right to complain if you don't like what an elected official does.

The late, great comedian George Carlin vehemently disagreed with this received wisdom. From his 1998 HBO special You Are All Diseased:




By the way: Yes, I did vote today. Doesn't mean that some elements in this bit doesn't strike a certain chord in my reluctantly political self (though no, I am not this jaded about the American public!).