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An Election Day Blast From The Past: Jerry Springer Isn’t Afraid Of The Truth
Today, we have a special election day blast from the past!
In 1982 (and not 1980, regardless of what the title of the YouTube video says), former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer entered the race for governor of Ohio. He was one of three major candidates to enter the Democrat primary. During the campaign, Springer cut this memorable commercial in which he let voters know that, a few years earlier, he “spent some time with a woman (he) shouldn’t have” and that he “paid her with a check.”
Despite Jerry’s claim that “the nomination is finally within grasp,” he came in a distant third. Of course, if Springer had won that election, America would never have had the Jerry Springer Show or any of the shows, like Maury, that followed its example. So, Ohio, it’s all on you. Elections have consequences.
Happy Election Day From The Shattered Lens
To our American readers (and writers), Happy Election Day!
Don’t fear, everyone. I’m not a Get Out The Vote evangelist. I think whether or not you cast your vote is your decision and, quite frankly, I think that you can make as legitimate a statement by refusing to vote as you can be casting your vote. That’s one of the great things about America. If you dislike all of the candidates, you don’t have to vote for them. Don’t let tell anyone tell you otherwise.
That said, I vote in every election that I can because I like seeing all of the names on the ballot and, in the end, I do like to have some sort of say in how things go.
Here is TV’s Hank Hill with his thoughts on why you should register to vote.
Happy Election Day, everyone!
Artwork of the Day: Detective Tales (by Rafael DeSoto)
by Rafael DeSoto
Happy Election Day! Like the cover says, “Corpses cast no ballots!”
Survive Election Day With These Vintage Campaign Posters (And One Button!)
1968
As we wait to discover who has won the presidential election, here are a few presidential campaign posters (and one button!) from the past. Judging from these images, 2020 has been artistically lacking.
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Music Video of the Day: Vote Or Don’t by They Might Be Giants (2012, dir. by ????)
I went looking for an election day music video and this is what I found. This song first came out in 2008 but the video was released in 2012, a week before the election between Obama and Romney. I think the song is saying that you should vote and you should also convince your friend not to vote because they might vote for someone different from you and cancel out your vote. For instance, I voted last week just to make sure that I canceled out the vote of the one communist in the neighborhood.
There she is.
By the way, did you know that some people claim that St. Chad is the patron saint of disputed elections because of the grace and humility he showed in 669 when he was ordered to step down from his disputed role of Bishop of York? That’s not an official designation, of course but it is something to remember in case things get weird tonight.
St. Chad says, “Behave!”
Back to the video. The creepy mannequins in this video reside at The Royal de Luxe in Nantes, France. The Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company that is well-known for performances involving giant puppets. They’ve performed in France, Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Chile, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands and Ireland.
Enjoy!
It’s Election Day in the United States!
So get out and vote.
Or don’t.
Up to you.
An Election Day Blast From The Past: Betty Boop For President
Here in the States, it’s Election Day! Have you voted yet?
Now, I understand why you may not want to vote. The candidates aren’t inspiring. None of the issues seem to have much to do with your life. Washington never changes. Blah blah blah. All I know is that it’s been raining here all day and I still took the time to vote! So there!
Myself, I’m in Texas and we pretty much already know who is going to win all of the elections down here. However, if I lived in California’s 24th Congressional District, I definitely would have voted for Chris Mitchum for Congress. Why? Because he’s Robert Mitchum’s son, of course!
(And he looks a lot like his father too!)
And, just in the interest of bipartisanship, I hope that Clay Aiken does well in his race up in North Carolina because my ultimate hope is that we’ll eventually have a Congress that is completely made up of reality show contestants and retired grindhouse movie actors.
A girl can dream, can’t she?
Anyway! As you watch the election results come in and you either get really happy or really depressed, why not take a trip back to the 1932 with this cartoon Betty Boop For President? If nothing else, it proves that dysfunctional politics existed before 2014 and will continue to exist long after 2014.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 