Comments on: The Inconvenient Truth About Presidential Elections http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ZZMike http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15109 ZZMike Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:56:27 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15109 The way you get elected is to promise them everything. Free healthcare for all, for example. Once you're in, you're in, and they're out. Another way is to get zillions of $1000 contributions from what must surely be the highest-paid waiters and busboys in New York. Never mind that census data puts the average income in that area at $20 - $30 k a year. They just happen to be really really frugal (must be their Scots ancestry). Your advice on "the least PC candidates" is good for another reason: the Big Election isn't just about whether Hillary or Mr X gets the Big Job, it's about all the little races all over the country. If we can't have the White House, we can take back the Congress and maybe a few more governorships. I'm extremely pleased (so far) that Bobby Jindal gets to be the next governor of Louisiana. He's got his work cut out for him, not the least of which is the mess in New Orleans. (That will be a mess until the next category 5 hurricane permanently buries it under the sea.) If he can deal with that, and deal with the still-ringing reverberations of the Long clan, he just might have a shot at the Presidency 3 or 4 elections from now. (He was born in LA, so he's eligible.) Unfortunately, he'd have to be crazy to want that job (as anyone would). Which reminds me - on that basis, the only really qualified man is Dennis Kucinich. The way you get elected is to promise them everything. Free healthcare for all, for example. Once you’re in, you’re in, and they’re out.

Another way is to get zillions of $1000 contributions from what must surely be the highest-paid waiters and busboys in New York. Never mind that census data puts the average income in that area at $20 – $30 k a year. They just happen to be really really frugal (must be their Scots ancestry).

Your advice on “the least PC candidates” is good for another reason: the Big Election isn’t just about whether Hillary or Mr X gets the Big Job, it’s about all the little races all over the country. If we can’t have the White House, we can take back the Congress and maybe a few more governorships.

I’m extremely pleased (so far) that Bobby Jindal gets to be the next governor of Louisiana. He’s got his work cut out for him, not the least of which is the mess in New Orleans. (That will be a mess until the next category 5 hurricane permanently buries it under the sea.) If he can deal with that, and deal with the still-ringing reverberations of the Long clan, he just might have a shot at the Presidency 3 or 4 elections from now. (He was born in LA, so he’s eligible.) Unfortunately, he’d have to be crazy to want that job (as anyone would).

Which reminds me – on that basis, the only really qualified man is Dennis Kucinich.

]]> By: Kevin http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15108 Kevin Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:45:25 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15108 Of related interest is a recent book with Condoleezza Rice as coauthor: "The Strategy of Campaigning," looking at how both Reagan and Yeltsin got elected with extremist/non-centrist positions. Of related interest is a recent book with Condoleezza Rice as coauthor: “The Strategy of Campaigning,” looking at how both Reagan and Yeltsin got elected with extremist/non-centrist positions.

]]> By: Frank http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15107 Frank Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:09:26 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15107 "It's just a gut feeling," said Moore, 53, a mother of five. "It's her experience." Experience at what? Ducking and dodging criminal behavior? I thought that the conventional wisdom was that voters, especially women, will vote motivated by the fear factor and what candidate will best protect their families from the evil doers. If that still holds true then I say Rudy wins by a landslide. “It’s just a gut feeling,” said Moore, 53, a mother of five. “It’s her experience.”

Experience at what? Ducking and dodging criminal behavior? I thought that the conventional wisdom was that voters, especially women, will vote motivated by the fear factor and what candidate will best protect their families from the evil doers. If that still holds true then I say Rudy wins by a landslide.

]]> By: Cassandra http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15106 Cassandra Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:49:34 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15106 It's a dare :p Live dangerously...tempt fate. Defy the conventional wisdom! What has that blasted Archer done for you lately anyway? It’s a dare :p

Live dangerously…tempt fate. Defy the conventional wisdom! What has that blasted Archer done for you lately anyway?

]]> By: TBinSTL http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15105 TBinSTL Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:55:50 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15105 It is my practice to, for no reason in particular, never believe anyone named Cassandra. It is my practice to, for no reason in particular, never believe anyone named Cassandra.

]]> By: Cassandra http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15104 Cassandra Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:06:59 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15104 <i>You think Mrs Clinton misplaced those FBI files?</i> *snort* Cynic... :) You think Mrs Clinton misplaced those FBI files?

*snort*

Cynic… :)

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15103 David Thomson Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:01:10 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15103 "Imagine the time that would be saved." Thank you. That is what I was hoping to accomplish. Keep it short and sweet. Vote for the least politically correct candidate. There is little reason to make it more complicated. “Imagine the time that would be saved.”

Thank you. That is what I was hoping to accomplish. Keep it short and sweet. Vote for the least politically correct candidate. There is little reason to make it more complicated.

]]> By: Cassandra http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15102 Cassandra Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:59:46 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15102 <i>I have personally decided that this must be the number one theme in 2008: political correctness! ...vote for the least politically correct candidate in each and every contest from president to the local city council seats.</i> Imagine the time that would be saved. Not to mention the delicious prospect of watching the exploding heads on Capitol Hill. I have personally decided that this must be the number one theme in 2008: political correctness! …vote for the least politically correct candidate in each and every contest from president to the local city council seats.

Imagine the time that would be saved.

Not to mention the delicious prospect of watching the exploding heads on Capitol Hill.

]]> By: MarkD http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15101 MarkD Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:29:04 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15101 "Hard to do that sort of thing, nowadays " You think Mrs Clinton misplaced those FBI files? “Hard to do that sort of thing, nowadays ”

You think Mrs Clinton misplaced those FBI files?

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/blog/post_245/#comment-15100 David Thomson Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:24:21 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-inconvenient-truth-about-presidential-elections/#comment-15100 Few people are going to do any serious study concerning politics. This fact of life therefore pragmatically requires picking the most important themes in a campaign and reiterating them constantly. I have personally decided that this must be the number one theme in 2008: political correctness! One should normally vote for the least politically correct candidate in each and every contest from president to the local city council seats. Those who are unable to deal in an adult manner with racial themes threaten the very existence of the United States. They become unglued and hysterical whenever confronted with the misbehavior of dark skinned individuals. Issues involving our immigration policies and the war on terrorism are often bogged down by childish temper tantrums over race. Such people might be well meaning---but they can longer be allowed to place the country in considerable danger. Few people are going to do any serious study concerning politics. This fact of life therefore pragmatically requires picking the most important themes in a campaign and reiterating them constantly. I have personally decided that this must be the number one theme in 2008: political correctness! One should normally vote for the least politically correct candidate in each and every contest from president to the local city council seats. Those who are unable to deal in an adult manner with racial themes threaten the very existence of the United States. They become unglued and hysterical whenever confronted with the misbehavior of dark skinned individuals. Issues involving our immigration policies and the war on terrorism are often bogged down by childish temper tantrums over race. Such people might be well meaning—but they can longer be allowed to place the country in considerable danger.

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