The California recall may be the emblematic election of our time—you get to choose whether to keep the dismal status quo or climb into a clown car.
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People discount the fact that it's a lot more fun in the clown car.
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I'd also love to see the results of an election where there's no question on the ballot, you can just pick YES or NO. They should run one to calibrate these recalls.
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But coming back to the point, the fact that the right gets to have transgressive fun while people on the left are stuck with octogenarians running on a platform of dour responsibility and grit is an underrated crisis in American political culture. Nobody likes a killjoy.
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