Political Advertising in Ohio
We’ve all had that feeling of a wave of nausea passing through us when we encounter something truly horrendous.
That’s what I experienced just now when I read a post from a friend who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, a state that is a must-win for the Republicans in their race for control of the U.S. Senate. He happened to be watching the news with his nine-year-old daughter, when the young lady announced, “I don’t like (Democratic incumbent) Sherrod Brown. He makes little kids get sex changes.”
This is where we are, folks. Libelous political advertising that most adults recognize to be completely asinine, but which hits hard against voters with the maturity of nine-year-olds.
While no one knows precisely what will happen to public spending if Trump is re-elected, a few things seem clear from what has been said aloud: the termination of the ACA, aka Obamacare, meaning the end of healthcare for people with pre-existing conditions, and a significant level of reduction in Social Security and Medicare.
The millions of people who watched the fourth game of U.S. baseball’s World Series saw this play (below), in which a fan interfered with the play of Los Angeles Dodgers right-fielder Mookie Betts. If you watch the clip, you may agree with me that that was closer to assault than it was to “interference.”
It may be impossible to put the toothpaste back into the tube when it comes to Americans’ sensibilities to non-whites.
If you’re looking for reassurance that Americans are faring decently with their degraded education standards, the meme here is not for you. The consumption of grass by cows is not bad for the planet, but the destruction of the rainforests to make room for more cows definitely is.
Here’s a chain of comments from fellow alumni and me at Trinity College in Hartford, CT on the subject of Tucker Carlson, who (regrettably) also graduated from the institution:
The meme here caught me by surprise, because my kids had different aspirations. One wanted to pick fruits and vegetables 12 hours a day, and the other had his heart set on washing and/or bussing dirty dishes in a restaurant.
I had a conversation with a senior hospital administrator the other day, and the subject of universal healthcare came up. I mentioned that the United States is the only country in the developed world that doesn’t offer this to its citizens.
2) Civilized nations don’t have people suffering and dying from treatable disease–even if somehow there are expenses associated with preventing this from happening. The idea that people who fought for this country are now dying in the streets because they can’t afford healthcare is utterly disgusting.
As former Labor Secretary Robert Reich puts it, “Remember, Trump is not running for president as much as he’s running from the law.”
As suggested by the highway billboard here, Trump is not at all well, and that’s true across several different dimensions.
