“We have met the enemy and they is us; the electorate that made it all possible”. Thanks for that jrbj ~ so succinct and too heart-breakingly true. Should I pin my hopes on better schools for everybody?
So what is so shocking about apathetic voters when all
the people that run for office are all the same. They don’t want
to do anything for the people that put them there(except for
the ones that contributed to their election), the just want to
line their own pockets as if the exorbident salary we pay them isn’t enough for doing nothing except arguing over nothing.
My big surprise is the good Senator’s absolute honesty on this topic. Especially since he is insulting the very idiots that keep putting him back in office. For once, a politician did not tap dance around a question.
In a democratic-republic such as ours in the U.S. we have always had the government we deserve. Oh, by the Tex, this IS A CARTOON. Don’t look for this to happen in real life.
Walter Mondale was the last politician I can remember telling the unvarnished truth & look what it got him? Minnesota & the District of Columbia.
The public school system was not designed to create great intellect, just competent worker bees.
“The demand for skilled workers in the middle of the eighteenth century led Benjamin Franklin to start a new kind of secondary school. Thus, the American Academy was established in Philadelphia in 1751. ”
I believe that the reason that the ones that get elected are mostly incompetent fools are because they are the puppets owned by the Unions and special interests who crush any real, honest, worthy person seeking office.
Bingo! That’s how he got elected. Scotch and stupidity flowed like water in the streets. His father WAS a prohibition “rum runner” after all. What they decide is good for you doesn’t apply to the liberals who stick you with it.
Equally good examples are…just about anybody elected in any declining republic at any time in history.
Fascinating how some see everybody else’s candidates as elected by idiots, but never their own. Putting this beyond party lines, let me revise an old joke:
When the left wing’s in charge, man exploits man.
When the right wing’s in charge, it’s just the opposite.
(P.S.: Does that mean when the center’s in charge, everybody exploits everybody?)
Pacejv over 14 years ago
Where’s my stopwatch?
alviebird over 14 years ago
That explains a lot.
jrbj over 14 years ago
The Senator is absolutely correct. We have met the enemy and they is us; the electorate that made it all possible.
parethed over 14 years ago
Not only are voters getting “stupider”, they’re becoming more apathetic…
Yukoner over 14 years ago
We deserve whatever we elect.
alviebird over 14 years ago
That would be funny if it wasn’t so scary.
sherbert over 14 years ago
“We have met the enemy and they is us; the electorate that made it all possible”. Thanks for that jrbj ~ so succinct and too heart-breakingly true. Should I pin my hopes on better schools for everybody?
zev.farkas over 14 years ago
the sum of human intelligence is a constant. the population is increasing.
wicky over 14 years ago
CUT!……..print.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
I’m sure that makes them happy!
IndyMan over 14 years ago
So what is so shocking about apathetic voters when all the people that run for office are all the same. They don’t want to do anything for the people that put them there(except for the ones that contributed to their election), the just want to line their own pockets as if the exorbident salary we pay them isn’t enough for doing nothing except arguing over nothing.
TexTech over 14 years ago
My big surprise is the good Senator’s absolute honesty on this topic. Especially since he is insulting the very idiots that keep putting him back in office. For once, a politician did not tap dance around a question.
ChuckTrent64 over 14 years ago
In a democratic-republic such as ours in the U.S. we have always had the government we deserve. Oh, by the Tex, this IS A CARTOON. Don’t look for this to happen in real life. Walter Mondale was the last politician I can remember telling the unvarnished truth & look what it got him? Minnesota & the District of Columbia.
puddleglum1066 over 14 years ago
The Senator’s new slogan:
“BELFRY: Because you’re too dumb to vote for anyone else”
Whatroughbeast over 14 years ago
The public school system was not designed to create great intellect, just competent worker bees.
“The demand for skilled workers in the middle of the eighteenth century led Benjamin Franklin to start a new kind of secondary school. Thus, the American Academy was established in Philadelphia in 1751. ”
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Sliding down the backside of the “bell curve of life”??
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
That scares me.
alviebird over 14 years ago
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
jpozenel over 14 years ago
Don’t worry, ignorance is bliss!
Ray_C over 14 years ago
Parethed, I don’t know if you’re right, but I don’t care.
treBsdrawkcaB over 14 years ago
jrbj - poignant, as usual!
Puddleglum - I love it!
I believe that the reason that the ones that get elected are mostly incompetent fools are because they are the puppets owned by the Unions and special interests who crush any real, honest, worthy person seeking office.
The best government money can buy…
alviebird over 14 years ago
To me it’s just a question of to what extent the puppets know they are being manipulated. Are they ignorant, too?
boldyuma over 14 years ago
I read ‘doonesbury’ today,(a strip I seldom read) and my IQ probably dropped 20 or 30 points…
Another member if the IMF died yesterday…. RIP Peter Graves…..
pouncingtiger over 14 years ago
Good examples are Ronald Reagan in 1984 and George “Dubya” Bush in 2004.
mrslukeskywalker over 14 years ago
Bingo! That’s how he got elected. Scotch and stupidity flowed like water in the streets. His father WAS a prohibition “rum runner” after all. What they decide is good for you doesn’t apply to the liberals who stick you with it.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Equally good examples are…just about anybody elected in any declining republic at any time in history.
Fascinating how some see everybody else’s candidates as elected by idiots, but never their own. Putting this beyond party lines, let me revise an old joke:
When the left wing’s in charge, man exploits man. When the right wing’s in charge, it’s just the opposite.
(P.S.: Does that mean when the center’s in charge, everybody exploits everybody?)