Losing
Proposition
 Last
Tuesday my
home state of Texas had the nation's first
primary. This was the first that instituted
our new voter ID laws. My quick review: Huge
pain in the ass. This is going to be trouble
vome November.
Anyhoo, in its infinite wisdom Texas splits
the primary into Republican and Democratic sections,
allowing each party to each pick its own candidates.
(No, there IS no third party, so quit asking.)
We also had separate state propositions, too.
The Democrats
had four to vote on, concerning raising the
minimum wage, expanding the Affordable Care
Act, immigration
reform, and gender and sexual non-discrimination
laws. All four passed.
The Republicans on the other hand had four
dog-whistle propositions, all designed to bring
out the idiot
vote, plus a couple that just make you shake
your head.
They, of course,
all
passed
by wide
margins.
They
were:
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Texans should be free to express their religious
beliefs, including prayer, in public places. (Those
poor Christians. They're so persecuted in Texas.
What? This law includes Hindus and Muslims,
too? Uh-oh.)
SECOND AMENDMENT
Texas should support Second Amendment liberties
by expanding locations where concealed handgun
license-holders may legally carry. (It's because
gun laws are SO restrictive in this state,
y'see. No, really!)
FRANCHISE TAX
Texas should abolish the state franchise tax,
also known as the margins tax, to encourage
business growth. (Voting for this means voting
for an inevitable state income tax. Way to
spite your face, chumps.)
WELFARE REFORM
Texas recipients of taxpayer-funded public
assistance should be subject to random drug
testing as a condition of receiving benefits.
(Florida tried this. It's expensive and it
doesn't work. But conservative's hate poor
people, especially since they vote Democratic,
so lets get the boot in, eh?)
NO LAWMAKER EXCEPTIONS
All elected officials and their staff should
be subject to the same laws, rules, regulations,
and ordinances as their constituents. (Dur?)
OBAMACARE
The Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," should
be repealed. (Also known as the "Pissing into
the wind" proposition.)
This means Texans can expect to be inundated
by endless TV and radio ads, financed by the
Koch brothers, from
here until November offering the
following
advice: "If you're a Republican and you
don't
vote this November them
damn Democrats are going to take away your
guns and your
god and
spend
your
precious
tax dollars on free health care and welfare
for them dang old negroes
and
Mexicans. Oh, and while you're in the voting
booth please don't forget the
fine, upstanding white folk with
R's by
their names.
Thank you kindly,
and y'all drive friendly. This ad paid for
by a northern oligarchal kleptocracy.
Yes, we know you don't know what that means."
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For those not familiar with
the story which today's cartoon alludes to
you can
read about it here.
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One more thing... I recently
went to Google Images and typed in "fox news
cartoon".
The first
result was a Raging Pencils cartoon I created
back in 2010, the same one I decided to highlight
as today's Classic Crappola
in
the upper left
of this page. I don't know how this happened
but it's pretty dang neato.
=Lefty=
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