Election result clarity
To judge by the way they get covered, every election is some sort of national referendum on something or other — except it actually isn’t.
If Jon Corzine loses re-election in New Jersey here’s what it’s about: People are tired of Jon Corzine. And given what I’ve heard about him from my friends and family in New Jersey, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re so tired of him that they vote in a Bush-appointed attorney who doesn’t seem to understand the law. What will this have to do with Barack Obama? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. What will Rush Limbaugh say? “It’s a vast repudiation of Barack Obama and everything he stands for.” (How do you know when Rush Limbaugh is wrong? Any time he’s awake and undrugged.)
At times like this, it’s helpful to remind oneself of the overall picture. So here it is: According to a new poll, one-and-a-half times as many people say that Obama/Biden are doing better than Bush/Cheney. This is only the latest poll that shows that Obama — and his programs — are vastly popular. There are lots of folks who wish it were otherwise, and many people who profiteer off saying it is otherwise, but it just ain’t so. Now, popular does not always translate into “right.” We should remember that one major difference between Adolf Hitler and George W. Bush is that Hitler actually got elected. But in our recent case, everyone can see the economic ruin around us and the sense of a nation slipping away and trace a fair amount of it right back to the shenanigans of the previous presidential administration.
What happens to Jon Corzine, and people in Virginia and some obscure house seat in the northern hinterlands of New York that we’ve never heard of before, have nothing to do with Obama. Don’t believe otherwise.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
So Rusky gets punked because he does not fact check (Not the first time)? Wow, what a surprised.
Oh, and when contronted that he was punked, he defended himself by saying “we stand by the fabricated quote because we know Obama thinks it anyway” (Yeah good try to save face, what a loser)
After so many years of mis-labeling and mis-characterizing others he gets smacked down by the NFL “Not For Limbaugh”. Way to go NFL, great job!
November 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
As a New Jersey voter I did not vote based on Obama being president. I voted on who I thought was best for New Jersey. The vote for New Jersey Governor was a referendum on Jon Conzine’s last four years in office.
I didn’t like Chris Christie and his lack of specifics on how he will cut the budget and cut takes and pay the state’s bills.
Corzine was not that effective as governor as was hoped. He did try to stabilize the state’s finances and was then hit with the worse economic collapse since the great depression.
We now get to see if Christie can live up to his promises.
If all the promises made to cut taxes were true none of us would be paying a dime in taxes.