Posted on 10/26/2018 9:46:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
If you believe that a midterm election in a time of relative peace and economic prosperity is the most important in history or even the most important in your fortunate lifetime, you either are oblivious to history or don't have a single nonpartisan synapse firing in your skull.
Yet it's now become standard for partisans to claim that every presidential election is the most important ever. Seeing as many people view the president as an emperor, perhaps they believe it. That's one thing. But now we have people foisting this insufferable cliche on us for House elections, which happen every two years in every single district.
The 2018 election is "the most important election of our lives," writes a hysterical David Corn at Mother Jones. Prognosticator Charlie Cook explains, "Everybody always says, 'Oh, the upcoming election's the most important since Moby-Dick was a guppy.' This one actually is really important." "The most important election of your life," tweets Donald Trump's spurned bestie Joe Scarborough. "The most important election any of us have voted in so far," declares Joe Biden, who notes that "everything" is at stake in 2018.
"The most important election of our lifetime," says Sen. Cory Booker. And Democratic National Chairman Tom Perez. And New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And former President Barack Obama.
As anyone who's been paying attention already knows, this is utter nonsense, because 2016 had the most important election ever.
"I believe this may be the most important election of our lifetimes," Hillary Clinton told us. Mike Pence assured America much the same. "Why 2016 may actually be the most important election of our lifetime," a headline from The Hill read. Bloomberg Businessweek agreed. So did The Nation. "2016: The most important election since 1932," declared the esteemed Brookings Institution. "The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime," read a Franklin Graham headline. "This Really Might Be the Most Important Election Ever," The New Republic added.
It really might have been. Though it surely was not so important as the 2012 election, which was "the most important election of our lifetime," according to Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan agreed. "The most important election in our lifetime," Jon Huntsman noted. The highest-rated cable news personality in America at the time, Bill O'Reilly, said the same. This is "the most important election since 1860," Newt Gingrich added.
It seems that "the most important election in the history of the galaxy" is a notion that is mostly, although not exclusively, embraced by those out of power. Take 2008.
"This is certainly the most important election in my lifetime -- not just because I'm running," said an unconvincing Obama. Biden, who's in the running for all-time platitude hits leader, explained, "So when people say 'this is the single most important election in my lifetime,' they're exactly right." This was the "most important election in our lifetimes," agreed Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson.
"My fellow Americans, this is the most important election of our lifetime," John Kerry intoned in 2004. John Edwards agreed. Rep. John Lewis yelled the same thing. "The most important election in (our) lives," 74 percent of Americans nodded in an ABC News poll. Bruce Springsteen said so, as well.
The National Rifle Association's then-president, Charlton Heston, described the 2000 George W. Bush vs. Al Gore contest as "the most important election since the Civil War." Rush Limbaugh did him one better: "No question about it. This is the most important election in our history."
Bill Clinton, on the other hand, explained eight years earlier that 1992 was "the most important election in a generation." Robert C. Byrd, still cheering for Democrats in 1988, said it "may be the most important election of (the) century."
Walter Mondale told a crowd in 1984 that his contest was "the most important election of our lives." Ronald Reagan concurred, saying that Americans were facing the "most important election in this nation in 50 years." Nancy Reagan, though, who lived through two world wars and a couple of other major conflicts, thought the 1980 election was the most important election of her life.
As elections go, 1976 was "one of the most vital in the history of America," explained Gerald Ford. Both Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy believed the 1960 contest was the most important. "I believe, my friends, that we are faced with the most important election in the history of the country," said Harry Truman in 1952. Before the 1888 election between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland, The New York Times claimed, "The Republic is approaching what is to be one of the most important elections in its history." In 1856, Stephen Douglas said it was the most important election since 1800.
And maybe he was right. But this midterm is certainly not the most important election in history -- or your lifetime. Unless, that is, you're younger than 2.
They say it’s the most important because they know what they are planning to do.
The most important election in my lifetime is the one happening now. Every one is more important than the one before.
Every election is the Most Important.. Ya Snooze Ya Lose!
This is the most important election in American history.
I believe David is trying to tell us to all stay home.
Going to be tough topping 2016. If Hillary had been elected, future elections would have been pointless.
Partisan?
This isn’t about two US political parties.
Dream on.
The most important election in our lifetime was the 2008 Presidential Election, and we failed miserably. That failure on our part to nominate a strong leader and real American to oppose socialism will cost us, our children, and our grandchildren $10T is extra debt, plus a huge leap toward socialism.
The second most important election in our lifetime was the 2012 Presidential Election, where we compounded our failure. Yes, the democrats cheated, but that was no surprise. We had to get our enthusiasm and turnout up to a level where our victory would be outside the margin of fraud. No surprise - both McCain and Romney failed. Fundamentally, that was our failure. We knew better and let the establishment choose anyways.
The 2016 Presidential Election was only the third most important. Fortunately, we had learned from two disastrous errors. We got that one right, and America’s enemies still have not recovered from the shock. As for the 2018 midterms, they are probably the 4th most important. They are essential to keep DC from becoming a bigger circus than it already is, and for keeping Congress in republican hands, but the three most recent presidential elections were far more important.
..... If this election is lost to the Democrat/Socialist/Communist Party then any Conservative Progress that has been accomplished thus far will come to a screeching halt and be totally undone. Then the Nation will begin to reverse it's course back to being dumped over the Socialist Cliff.
... and like Woebegone, all the children are above average.
Exactly because if you want to keep it relatively peaceful and prosperous you have to stop, at all costs, the Insane Leftists who control the Democrat party from gaining control of any poltical power at any level. The only way you can believe the ignorant drivel this moron wrote is if you pay NO attention to what the Democrats have been up too the last 2 years.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
Because you can't do anything about the past, and this is CRITICAL in shaping the future.
As long as POTUS Trump has a Veto Pen the Rats will not get anything they want if they take over the House.
What they are missing is POTUS Trump will not blink when the Rats threaten to shut down the Federal Government to get their way.
He’ll tell them to do it and he will push the Narrative that is all their fault rather than cower like other GOP President’s have done. Ronaldus Magnus let them shut down the Federal Government numerous times and he got many of his Agenda items through the Democrat controlled House.
That being said, the Rats have to actually win the House back. That outcome remains to be seen.
If we let them win, it will be as though 2016 never happened.
So its just as important.
Anyone tells you different does not have your best interest in mind.
Hi, Kaslin-
This reporter would *love* to convince folks on our side to stay at home. That is not going to happen.
If we’re fortunate, however, perhaps he’ll convince a large group of Democrats to stay home and not participate in early voting or ballot voting.
We need to keep the Trump agenda on track, so it is one of the most important in our lifetimes.
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