Original art by Mark Valentine
The talking heads love the Seinfeld comparison…
It is hard to find issues in any of the campaign ads. They’re all about nothing. Over $4 billion spent on invisible issues.
On the other hand, it’s easy to understand.
Democrats have an unpopular leader. President Obama is at a historically low approval rating, so they fare not mention his name. The Democrats biggest accomplishment is ObamaCare. Yet it has too many negatives to bring up, so the main thing they’re running on is some variation on why you should hate Republicans.
However it seems out of touch to talk about the war on women when we have actual life threatening things on the horizon.
Republican’s ads are issueless as well.
Their strategy seems to be not interrupting an opponent who’s damaging himself.
The “failed policies” of the past don’t seem so bad when compared to the “failed policies” of current leadership. Even if Republicans win with that tactic, there will be no mandate. The electorate can only say definitively, “We hate you slightly less than them.”
The last phase of elections is always “Get Out The Vote.”
But why vote if you don’t really care?
Some say because it’s an important right. However equal respect isn’t given to all our rights. We have the right to bear arms. Should we be pressured into gun ownership? We have the right to free speech but political correctness has put a price on speaking out about any number of issues. Freedom of religion is accompanied by lawsuits.
Since it’s an election about being mad at incumbents, maybe we should call it be the Ralph Kramden Election.
“One of these days Alice, Bang, Zoom, To The Moon.”
Most people don’t know what’s even on the ballot before they vote.
They may know one issue here or one candidate there, but probably not. To make matters worse, that one issue is probably worded in way that many will cast the wrong vote anyway. So maybe it should be called the Mr. Magoo Election. Voters blindly cast a ballot and it turns out fine.
“Ahh, Magoo, you’ve done it again.”
The Administration has had a single response to several big scandals; they simply aren’t talking. Maybe it should be The Sargent Schultz Election.
“I Know Nothing.”
If the Republicans do not take control of The Senate, it might be The Maxwell Smart Election.
“Missed it by that much.”
If the Republicans do take The Senate, the hearings will move forward with a little more strength. Then it might be the Ricky Ricado Election.
“Lucy, You got some ‘esplaning’ to do.”
That said, most people will vote.
After all, in today’s America, voting is like being a vegetarian. The main motivation is to feel superior to others.
Always put the “I Voted” sticker in a prominent place.
these midterms mean nothing. Newly elected people get in office in January.
come November of 2015 (maybe sooner) nothing gets done because they’re
all thnking about races in 2016 including dems taking back the senate (if they
lose it Tuesday) and election of Hillary.
lot of money for nothing.
if repubs take senate makes no difference…these pols on bothsides
couldn’t pass any bill if their lives depended on it. They’re all crooks!!!!!!
It’s that time of year when the red and blue sheep start voting against their best interests. If you support Hobby Lobby & Chick-Fil-A, pull the red handle. If you watch Bill Maher & CNN, pull the blue handle. People make it so unnecessarily complicated.
‘cept maybe in kansas’ senatorial election. you really don’t know what you’ll get with orman. caucus on the left, caucus on the right… hard to say.
I hear ya, Mike. I’m on the other side of the State line so I don’t have a dog in the fight. But, I’m of the mind that nobody should be in Congress for life. Roberts’ 30+ years would be the “straw” for me.
I see mike t’s point as well…
After reading some of Dwight’s columns lately, I’ve been struggling on which way to go. I’ve got about six more hours to make up my mind.
Suffice it to say, I’m not wildly happy about the choices.
ditto for gubner.
and so in the spirit of the moment:
Reporter: Sir, those are dummies.
Governor William J. Le Petomane: How do you think I got elected?
Interesting take, Jim
friends…nothing changes til we make it change….Roberts was in office and we
still have 11 million kids hiding. Brownback put all his money on this
experiment in trickle down and it failed really bad.
And guys like southy and hearne are going to be paying for brownbacks
failures. Noone else has the money to get this state back in line.
So hearne…no matter how you vote ….get your wallet out.
And tell your friend southy to do the same!
As usual Harley/JoJo, you are wrong about everything. I am going to either get immunity or go to jail, I can’t believe I staked my future on advice from law4life1000.com.
It all boiled down to spending $4-billion to decide if Reid or McConnell will gridlock the Senate.
If Scott Walker wins reelection in Wisconsin, then the Rs have their candidate.
Stumbled across this site while doing some research on some Kansas City musicians.
Seems that Mark Valentine is a propagandist willing to make false claims much like his favorite politician, President Trump. Valentine claimed that “President Obama is at a historically low approval rating.” in November 2014.
The lowest Obama scored was a 38% approval rating. That was nowhere near a historically low rating. President Truman holds that distinction with a 22% low. Valentine’s favorite? 34%.
Since Gallup started tracking Presidential approval ratings, only two presidents have had a better ‘low approval rating’ than President Obama, President Dwight Eisenhower and President John Kennedy.
Dates in office Low approval rating %
Harry Truman February 1952 22
Dwight Eisenhower March 1958 48
John Kennedy September 1963 56
Lyndon Johnson August 1968 35
Richard Nixon July 1974, August 1974 24
Gerald Ford January 1975, March 1975 37
Jimmy Carter June 1979 28
Ronald Reagan January 1983 35
George H.W. Bush July 1992 29
Bill Clinton June 1993 37
George W. Bush October 2008 25
Barack Obama Aug 2011, Oct 2011, Sep 2014 38
Donald Trump January 2021 34
https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx