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November 3, 2010
Maryland's stupid voters
Along with the final Baltimore Sun poll on the Governor's race, were some related questions. First:
During Martin O'Malley's time as governor, have things in Maryland generally: gotten better, gotten worse or stayed about the same? (ALGERINA PERNA, Baltimore Sun / January 21, 2009) Better 25% Worse 38%
Then:
Looking back now on Bob Ehrlich's time as governor, did things in Maryland generally: get better, get worse or stay about the same while he was in office?
(NANINE HARTZENBUSCH, Baltimore Sun / June 22, 2006)
Better 28%
Worse 33%
Both candidates were viewed negatively, but O'Malley's negatives were higher. Four years ago Marylanders who gave Ehrlich an over 50% approval rating voted him out due to a Democratic wave. This year, despite disapproving of O'Malley's tenure of governor they re-elected him in a Republican wave.
You have voted for a governor and a like-minded unaccountable legislature, against business, for higher taxes, more intrusive regulations. And at a time when a vast majority of states were telling President Obama they didn't want his burdensome, ill conceived health care plan, you said, "sure I want to pay higher premiums for less coverage."
Congratulations fellow citizens of Maryland for electing yourselves the nation's stupidest voters.
Posted by SoccerDad at November 3, 2010 12:20 AM
Submitted 11/03/10
Maryland's stupid voters
Clinton: nostalgic for a past that never was
The unesco outrage
No ipods for you
Stones of gold, feet of clay
Shooting yourself in the foot ... with an icbm
Haveil havalim #288 - the good name edition
Council speak 10/31/2010
Desserts by design
And here in California we've got Jerry Brown. Bleah!
Posted by: Yitzchak Goodman at November 3, 2010 12:09 PMSorry your guy lost. I didn't do much better here in NJ with the candidates I supported.
Posted by: Elie at November 3, 2010 1:21 PMYeah, California's are stupider, but ours are a close second.
Posted by: Attila (Pillage Idiot) at November 3, 2010 2:17 PMReminds me of the old joke:
Q: Why does California have more lawyers than any other state, while NJ has more toxic waste than any other state?
A: NJ got first choice.
Posted by: Elie at November 3, 2010 3:02 PMWe have been in macro-economic free-fall for 3 years. The mere fact that Bush was president doesn't mean it was his fault. The U.S. has been getting hit by many forces - the unattractiveness of travel to the U.S. post 9/11, the diplomatic blowback from the Iraq War, competition with India and China and other countries, macro-economic chaos in the false pricing systems for securities on Wall Street.
The mere fact that things got worse in Maryland during O'Malley's term economically doesn't pin liability on him; all 50 states are worse off, Maryland less so than most. Almost every Marylander lives within 40 minutes of the state line; we are not an island and there is no Checkpoint Charlie at the Wal-Mart in Stewartstown or at the Silver Spring Metro. It's the net delta between O'Malley and the next choice, not merely that things get worse or better nationwide or in Maryland overall.
Put it another way, we judge a captain of a boat by his steering and sailing, not on whether it's high or low tide.
Posted by: Bruce Godfrey at November 3, 2010 8:19 PM