Tom Toles for October 19, 2010

Amen Clark ! There is one hugh problem. The Supreme Court five that now allow General Motors to run as a candidate for office, will surely declare any sensible method unconstitutional. Corporations are the people the Constitution refers to in the interpretation the five judge majority.

Clark must desperately want these public funded elections since he has posted it to every toon. Ransomdstone is correct to point out that even if you manage to get congress to go along the SC will smack down any law that disrupts big business’ power to elect politicians. There will never be ethics or campaign reform from Washington. You have to go around Washington and shove both ethics and campaign reform down an unwilling congressional throat. Call for a wide open constitutional convention. It’s the only way.

The liberal left-wingers in congress might as well start packing their bags. Real Americans (used to be called the silent majority) will stand up and throw them out so we can start to repair the damage they have done to America.

How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb: undetermined

1 to pray to have the light restored 1 to blame liberals for darkness even though old bulb bought under previous administration 1 to bash gays and Jews gratituously 1 to cut taxes on overseas light bulb supplier 1 to go online and buy cheapest bulb and not pay sales tax 1 to hire illegal alien to do work 1 to hire spin doctor to cover up the deal 1 to declare mission accomplished even though new bulb doesn’t work 1 to blame liberals again for darkness

^HA HA HA I have a How many Democrats, too.

How many democrats does it take to change a light bulb: 4

1 to study effect of Republican opposition to change 1 to choose most efficient, greenist choice of bulb 1 to hire OSHA approved fairly paid labor 1 to pay with money from taxes rather than charging it to grandchildren

^ That’s just simply not fair.

5 to dither and scatter and change their views based on the political wind and strength of the Republican opposition and despite their promises to change the light-bulb to make sure the light is given to everybody as dictated by the Constitution 1 to charismatically talk about changing the light-bulb 2 to purchase the light-bulb 1 to actually install it.

“Real Americans (used to be called the silent majority)”

I laughed. I laughed pretty hard.

I’m with you on the funding, Clark and on the convention, mrd. This should be something that conservatives and liberals can get behind.

I think the only end run around Congress is for state legislatures to call for a convention. Do you think it’s possible to get them to do it, or are they waiting for their chance at the federal “big leagues”, where the big money is?

That sounds preverted Tom Toles.

some very funny comments here (rockngolfer, you’ve outdone yourself!)

getting very very tired of the “real Americans” cr@p. Must be referring to American Indians.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/odonnell-questions-church-state-separation/ As I have stated, theocracy.

Jack, To answer your question yes I would be willing to accept what 2/3 of Americans deemed to be right and I would not expect that everything might be just what I would have liked. The alternative of continuing to allow 9 men and women, political appointees for life, to dictate to us what is right and wrong chaps me greatly. The Constitution was intended to be amended to solve modern problems. It was not envisioned the SC would have free range to change the words to suit their own warped beliefs.

How many Tea-Baggers does it take to change a lightbulb?

None, we can’t afford to put in lightbulbs, and we don’t need Obama’s socialist remedies against darkness

Using lightbulbs is also a violation of the spirit of our Founding fathers, none of whom EVER used lightbulbs.

Funny stuff today, enjoyed it all.

Hey Clark you donkey! pull my finger!

Please accept my apologies for an incorrect post. I have had trouble in the past with gocomics not posting what I wrote. I am not sure if this was the case or if it was just careless proof reading. In any case a constitutional amendment from either congress or a convention would require ¾ of the states to ratify and not the 2/3 I inexplicably wrote. How we get those numbers? Getting the 2/3 states to call the convention – both the left and the right have issues that congress will not deal with. While I would not expect that 2/3 could get behind a single amendment an open convention would offer political cover and opportunity for conservative and liberal states to address there own issues with the federal government. Getting ¾ of the states to agree to any proposed amendments is a daunting task. Success would absolutely depend on being both bipartisan and clearly in the benefit of America. If a convention put foreword proposals that clearly met those goals then amendments could be good for ALL. At the very least the threat of an open convention should break the gridlock in Washington.

Change the Presidential election.

Primaries in all states on the same day.

Election by popular vote.

There is no reason to have such an antiquated system. I like the idea of federally funded elections, no funds left over for the candidate to retire on.

jester! you certainly are, definitely

good one!!