Posted on 11/03/2014 12:03:12 PM PST by The Looking Spoon
LOL! The day before an expected liberal shellacking the New York Times (of course) prints an op-ed that makes even toilet paper look like Rumpelstilskin spun gold. Read the whole thing here, if you must, or you can see the main takeaway below:
There was a time when midterm elections made sense — at our nation’s founding, the Constitution represented a new form of republican government, and it was important for at least one body of Congress to be closely accountable to the people. But especially at a time when Americans’ confidence in the ability of their government to address pressing concerns is at a record low, two-year House terms no longer make any sense. We should get rid of federal midterm elections entirely...
The realities of the modern election cycle are that we spend almost two years selecting a president with a well-developed agenda, but then, less than two years after the inauguration, the midterm election cripples that same president’s ability to advance that agenda.
Steven Hayward at Power Line points out this wasn't true for Bush in 2002 when the GOP experienced gains necessary for him to move forward his post 9/11 agenda. I'll add that liberals weren't getting all weepy about midterms in 2006 when they took back the entirety of Congress. THAT midterm election was "a great victory for the American people" according to Nancy Pelosi.
Only now as they're poised to lose it all do they want backsies. They're so emotionally married to their ideology that they can't cope with the fact that there are people out there who would rejected it.
Therein lies the motivation for this farce of an article from the NYT, those people care enough to come out and make it known in a year when some flashy empty suit (or pantsuit in 2016) slinging meaningless slogans and catching the panties of (at the risk of being sexist for excluding men on the left) liberal women isn't on the ballot. The Daily Show only does GOTV for that type of politician because anything more is above the intellectual paygrade of their key demographic.
Look, liberals, it's not us, it's you...
Hey, we didn't make the rules, and you can't change them just because you lose...
Yes it is. Even young people think the GOP should have a stab at being in charge...
Let's be honest, nothing much is going to change after tomorrow. Obama already ignores Congress...but if 2016 goes the GOP's way then the potential for a new beginning after the reign of Obama ends would at least be feasible.
The New York Times, Official organ of Barack Obama and the Democratic party. The Hugo Chavez electoral methods must be employed
Does anyone with even a third of a functioning brain trust on any election eve what the NySlimes, LASlimes, Compost, ABCNNBCBS and any other left wing mediot outlet spews out?
“but then, less than two years after the inauguration, the midterm election cripples that same president’s ability to advance that agenda.”
Lamenting that the will of the people stand in the way of King Hussein.
Those animated gifs are keepers!
That statement is absent any logic whatsoever:
1) if government is viewed as unable to address concerns, elections should be held more frequently, not less so
2) Senators rotate according to 6 year staggered terms; some MUST be elected at mid-terms
These people have the reasoning skills of a brain-dead two year-old
Why is it a bad thing, if elections cripple the ability of a president who acts in opposition to what the people want???
<>The realities of the modern election cycle are that we spend almost two years selecting a president with a well-developed agenda, but then, less than two years after the inauguration, the midterm election cripples that same president’s ability to advance that agenda.<>
Despite the wholesale democratic debauchery of our Constitution, the Progs have had it with fake republicanism, and prefer an El Presidente with the prerogatives of a king, and morals of Stalin.
I’d like to change the way we vote too. National law that everyone must be registered to vote or register to vote not less than 4 weeks before the election. And everyone must present that registration card at the time they vote. No card, no matching name on the register, no vote, no exceptions. Only american citizens who have never been convicted of a felony allowed to vote. No exceptions.
Would they have the same opinion if a staunch conservative president was trying to implement a conservative agenda??? In that case would they be happy that mid term elections can slow down or stop a presidents agenda???
And no early voting. AND ALL military votes MUST be counted and to hell with the time stamps on them. Many come from different time zones and I KNOW they are rejected because they were sent the day after the election because of that.
I wonder what would happen if the entire media complex and Democrat Party all decided to lie about election results if the GOP would reject the lies or capitulate?
They think China is the model our government should follow.
Excellent points! If you don’t mind I updated my original post to include them...credit to you, of course!
In a way, that's what happened in Florida back in 2000. In that case, the GOP didn't capitulate. We all know what's happened since.
Permission granted.
Like spoiled children, if they can’t win playing by the rules, their answer is to change the rules.
Remember the Star Trek episode where Spock and Kirk played “Fizbin” with a bunch of gangsters? It was a fictitious card game Kirk made up to distract the goons, and he made up ludicrously complex and often contradictory rules as he went along.
The Democrats are the Fizbin party.
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