Politics

[butimaniceguy]

If you're watching TV these days or have a land-line phone, there is no doubt that you feel over-saturated and exhausted by political advertisements and phone calls

Comments

[bardwnb]

As a resident of California, where a 2/3 majority rule for taxes and budgets has for many years prevented the state from passing a budget anywhere close to on time, my reaction to your description of I-1053 was something like "What? They managed to get rid of the 2/3 rule? And they're talking about bringing it Back?. Madness!"

Not at all the point of your post, I realize, but it brought out a visceral reaction in me...

[butimaniceguy]

That's Tim Eyman for you. That's why the "no" on that initiative says his name a half-dozen times.

[lady_tigerfish]

Off-topic but related:

All I know is, if I see one more ad where a politician or (worse) a politician's wife thrusts forward an adorable child and asks us to fret for its future, I am going to scream.

I've noticed this about political ads too: the right-leaning candidates always show pictures of children and families and ask us to fret for them, while the left-leaning candidates show themselves speaking to large groups of seemingly-disenfranchised folks, who are OMG SO SAD without the politician to give them hope. It is, in short, the 2008 presidential campaign all over again, only moreso and with congresspeople.

[snow_wind]

OH DEAR GOD, I KNOW. No matter the political persuasion, me and my co-workers are all ready to unplug the TV and throw it out into the rain. I watch the TV with all of the commercials on mute now - if I hear one more word about change, corruption, lobbyists, or initiatives, I will gouge icepicks in my ears.
ARGH. >:(

[fyreharper]

An interesting proposal, but (and look out, I'm going to get all idealistic on you here) I'd like to know how you fit people (okay, the occasional person, realistically) who are neither Democrat nor Republican into that system.