You of course know how this November’s election is being couched by the zeitgeist….

“The most important election of our lifetime.”

You know this?  Because it’s extruded by nigh everyone in the zeitgeist.  And because it’s how every election has been couched – since at least 1805.  Evergreen verbiage vomited up to help rile up the people who think elections actually matter.

I was provided some intellectual relief by the number of Web search results I received pointing out the banality of that sentence.  I will admit: More people are in on the joke than I had thought.

I am not here to add to that tally.  I am instead going to accurately identify 2026’s festivities:

The stupidest, most unserious election of our lifetimes. (more…)