NYT Op Ed: Time To Cancel Midterm Elections

[invisible]

It was the Republican takeover in 1994 that got things done in Congress under Clinton. Reagan had a Democratic Senate. They got things done.

This president just does not know how to do any useful work. He needs a Congress that will do something instead of blaming the other party. It's just the president is lazy.

But what does he need Congress for? He has a phone and a pen!

 

[anaconda]

Not a problem. NYT just needs to spearhead a Constitutional Amendment.

 

[Pericles]

Well, I'm not going to let all these nattering nabobs of negativism get me down.

I'm gonna really concentrate and vote hard tomorrow.

As am I, and then I'm going out to buy a case of 5.56mm ammunition.

 

[Pericles]

Whatever they suggest has a particular result in mind. They are hoping to change the rules of the elections to influence the outcome of those elections, rather than any legitimate systematic criticism.

Just like every other 3rd world hellhole. Truly, role models for us all.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Oh, wait, I see...



Mid-term elections are racist.

Got it.

I thought you made that quote up as a joke.. holy shit.... the double speak is deafening now. so blatant

 

[milgram]

Another take, from Peter Suderman:

http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/03/the-case-against-the-midterms-is-the-cas

Basically, their complaint is that the midterms reinforce the notion that the president’s agenda is not the only one that matters, allow the public a chance to express their opinion about that agenda by voting at the midpoint of a presidential term, and that Congress has significant power to shape, slow, or even block that agenda through the legislative process (and might even respond with an agenda or agendas of its own).

This strikes me as a better case for the midterms than one against it.

 

[osan]

But what does he need Congress for? He has a phone and a pen!

Do you think he gave himself an eponymous phone?

 

[osan]

Just like every other 3rd world hellhole. Truly, role models for us all.

It's like the feeding frenzy of a papal conclave... only it never ends.

 

[Christian Liberty]

I think we should just get it over with already and anoint a "High Chancellor Supreme Pooh-Bah Ruler and Glorious Leader For Life".

Then we wouldn't have to bother with such things anymore.

Its Supreme Chancellor, to be changed to Emperor after the Clone Wars end

Seriously though, I'd love to see the entire government be up for election at the same time, but I can't imagine them ever allowing that. Imagine if you could replace all the incumbents at one time. Unfortunately that won't ever happen.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I thought you made that quote up as a joke.. holy shit.... the double speak is deafening now. so blatant

I wrote this at another forum I'm on:

Another quirk is that, during presidential elections, the electorate has been blacker, poorer, younger and more stupid than during midterm elections. Biennial elections require our representatives to take this into account, appealing to one set of voters for two years, then a very different electorate two years later.

Guy wrote back:

That is one of the most racist posts I have ever read. You should really think that one over again!!

I replied:

Why is what I wrote racist, but this is not?

Another quirk is that, during midterm elections, the electorate has been whiter, wealthier, older and more educated than during presidential elections. Biennial elections require our representatives to take this into account, appealing to one set of voters for two years, then a very different electorate two years later.

All I did is change the descriptions.

If that is an accurate description of the midterm electorate, then, obviously, what I wrote must be true during a presidential election.

ETA - I'll cede the point that I could have wrote "less educated" instead of "more stupid", in order to be more accurate.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Time to cancel a certain "newspaper" subscription.

 

[Christian Liberty]

I wrote this at another forum I'm on:



Guy wrote back:



I replied:

Ironically, "guy" showed himself to be in the "more stupid" group with that response

People are idiots.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I wrote this at another forum I'm on:

Another quirk is that, during presidential elections, the electorate has been blacker, poorer, younger and more stupid than during midterm elections. Biennial elections require our representatives to take this into account, appealing to one set of voters for two years, then a very different electorate two years later.

Guy wrote back:

That is one of the most racist posts I have ever read. You should really think that one over again!!

I replied:

Why is what I wrote racist, but this is not?

Another quirk is that, during midterm elections, the electorate has been whiter, wealthier, older and more educated than during presidential elections. Biennial elections require our representatives to take this into account, appealing to one set of voters for two years, then a very different electorate two years later.


All I did is change the descriptions.

If that is an accurate description of the midterm electorate, then, obviously, what I wrote must be true during a presidential election.

ETA - I'll cede the point that I could have wrote "less educated" instead of "more stupid", in order to be more accurate.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again.

Well, dammit! I guess you're just gonna have to settle for some worshipful adoration instead ...

 

[Spikender]

It was the Republican takeover in 1994 that got things done in Congress under Clinton. Reagan had a Democratic Senate. They got things done.

This president just does not know how to do any useful work. He needs a Congress that will do something instead of blaming the other party. It's just the president is lazy.

Congress doing something scares me more than the President doing something.

 

[specsaregood]

So here we have the progressives so upset that the apathetic and uninformed populace isn't voting these off-cycle years that they are willing to eliminate the elections and even sending threatening letters.

But in the meantime, we have the anarchists arguing that some of the most informed members of the populace shouldn't go vote...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I wrote this at another forum I'm on:

Guy wrote back:

Guy is a good doggy. Well conditioned.

 

[AuH20]

So here we have the progressives so upset that the apathetic and uninformed populace isn't voting these off-cycle years that they are willing to eliminate the elections and even sending threatening letters.

But in the meantime, we have the anarchists arguing that some of the most informed members of the populace shouldn't go vote...

You basically have two meager options with our current 'representative' democracy:

(1) don't vote because change is not hardwired into the political system
(2) eagerly vote for gridlock that will slow down the wheels of corruption