November 6, 2012 9:36AM 

# Can You Believe How that Guy Condescends to You Morons? 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Here’s another poor, unsuccessful, election-day-related letter I sent to the editor of the *Washington Post* (who has probably blocked my email address by now):

> The Post rightly criticizes Mitt Romney’s “[Contempt for voters](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romneys-election-campaign-insults-voters/2012/11/02/69fcc1fc-2428-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_story.html)” \[editorial, Nov. 4\].
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> But the same could be said of the Post’s argument that, because a proposed amendment to Virginia’s Constitution would make it harder for government to take voters’ property away from them, voters should oppose it \[“[Vote no on Ballot Question 1 in Va.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/posts-endorsement-vote-no-on-ballot-question-1-in-va/2012/11/01/62636726-1c8e-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_story.html),” editorial, Nov. 1\].

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