Democracy in Perspective: What Would Obi Wan Kenobi Do?

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Ever see those Advent Day calendars that count down to Christmas, and with each new day you can pop open another part of the calendar to reveal a wooden toy or a piece of chocolate?

Gerrymander, a company that produces political oddities, worked with Ignited/LA to release an election day calendar that does pretty much the same thing. Buy one for $12.98. Then, starting from October 1st, pop open each of the cut-out doors to find neither chocolate nor choking hazards, but non-partisan political wisdom, like what’s listed below.

Guess who said what!*

o “I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.”
o “Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to untiring effort.”
o “Who’s more foolish; the fool, or the fool who follows him?”

I like how when you Google “advent day calendar,” the “2008 Election Day Advent Calendar by Gerrymander” is the first organic result that comes up. Way to usurp the old-school kitsch kings!

* Answers: WC Fields, Eleanor Roosevelt, Obi Wan Kenobi.

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