Chris Rock on Tuesday Voting

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Chris Rock

New York Magazine quotes Chris Rock, currently on tour, at his Wednesday night Madison Square Garden show:

“They don’t want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn’t vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.”

Amen. Why do we vote on Tuesday? Here’s the answer. And here’s more about who we are and what we do.

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