Bramnick ad: We need people who believe in nothing running government.
/By Rubashov
Comedy often relies on carrying stereotypes to extremes. As comedy, Senator Jon Bramnick’s current re-election ad works quite well. As comedy.
But as policy. Well, the ad really doesn’t touch on policy, does it?
What has Jon Bramnick done to fix… anything? The ad doesn’t say. What will Jon Bramnick do? It doesn’t say that either.
Big on comedy, free from policy.
Bramnick says, “Let’s start solving problems.” But then fails to name a single one that he intends to address, let alone, solve.
Bramnick says, “We want real people. Looking for real solutions.” But as a longtime elected official and a Trenton insider – does Jon Bramnick know any “real people”?
“Real people” don’t seek celebrity – as the Senator does – they have it thrust upon them. Like those two moms in Roxbury. Senator Bramnick faults people like them for “screaming at each other” because they are fighting to protect something they feel passionately about – their children. Yes, Jon Bramnick, sometimes mothers raise their voices in defense of their young. That’s real people.
The theme of the ad is “balance”. Sure, balance would be nice. A good yin and yang of Governor Murphy and the Democrats vs. a Republican opposition worthy of the name would be real nice. But that’s not Jon Bramnick’s record, is it?
As measured by ACU/ CPAC, over the last decade conservative voting scores have declined for Republicans legislators in New Jersey and the GOP caucus has become much more moderate. The average Republican scored in the mid-80s in 2012, now that score is in the mid-60s.
The ACU rates legislators using an analysis of the votes they cast across 186 policy areas ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal, and regulatory policies. In New Jersey, only 6 (out of 49) Republicans voted the conservative position at least 80% of the time. Conversely, 71 (out of 71) Democrats earned CPAC’s “Coalition of the Radical Left” designation for conservative ratings below 10%.
That means when a Democrat voter votes for a Democrat candidate, the voter has a 100% chance that the candidate will vote like a Democrat over 90% of the time. A Republican voter, on the other hand, has only a 12% chance that the Republican candidate will vote like a Republican over 80% of the time.
That is clearly out-of-balance.
Funny ad though. Maybe it will win somebody a Reed Award.
“Voters can’t make informed decisions unless they’re informed. If you asked any self-respecting constituent of George Santos, they’d tell you they wish they knew then what they know now.”
Micah Rasmussen
Director of the Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider University
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
George Orwell
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