something ought to be done about that

The nuclear option was first proposed by the reps when they had the senate, but some kind of compromise was made and it never happened. The dems when they took control passed some kind of measure where it didn’t apply to appointing judges, but not superior court, something like that. Speaking purely objectively, and by no means approving of it at the current time, it seems like maybe they ought to abolish it because with current polarization it makes the senate impotent. Maybe they could make a bit of a compromise and say that they only needed 55 votes to break a filibuster. But then the senate is not a very balanced institute where North Dakota gets the same number of senators as California. Something should be done about that.

All politicians are well off, but some of them are way richer than others. This has led to the modern rash of really really rich guys running. Mostly they are oddballs and go down in flames, but sometimes they squeak by. This guy, Rauner in Illinois granted almost no interviews and basically just let his carefully crafted commercials do his talking for him, and basically just bought the governorship. That seems wrong that rich guys can buy political office. Something should be done about that.

I think a lot of it is the fame and the power, and some of them probably believe what they are saying and think they are a force for good, but once they achieve office they are settled on the banks of the money river. They can make those deals, once they leave office they can go to work for some lobbying group, they probably make much more money that way than they ever do from their salary. Something should be done about that.

Those commercials, they used to have to have some kernel of truth to their accusations, well maybe they still do, but seems to me that the kernel has shrunk considerably from what it used to be. And there is kind of a formula to them so that you really can’t tell one from another. How is this free speech? I have to wonder how effective they are when it’s about 50/50. But certainly it’s devastating when it’s 90/10. It’s like the arms race, if the Russkies build more warheads so do we. There used to be rules about how much money you could spend on a campaign, and surely things would be better if there still were. As it is now most candidates spend all their time raising money, whereas if we had limits, once they made their limit, they could theoretically do responsible things. Something should be done about that.

Don’t you remember that the reps were going to sue Obama over some Obamacare provision, but after all the bluster they realized they didn’t have a legal leg to stand on they basically dropped it? Nobody but you wants to watch drawn out impeachments etc. 

And the argument that if they spend their time wrapped up in knots they won’t do anything assumes that this country is moving further leftward and more regulated over time when in fact it has moved probably more rightward, and certainly less regulated, over recent times, and this is because of the actions of the gov. Roughly half the laws changed are changed in the way you like them, so this call for gridlock is just nonsense. Something should be done about something.

Why don’t you just hire Dick Cheney to kill your deer for you? That would involve the thrill of wondering whether you would get shot in the face and have to apologize to Dick for blocking his shot.