Buck Banks, Author at Pensito

Pollster: Ramaswamy’s Ad the ‘Most Memorable’ of Campaign

October 22, 2026 Buck Banks

“This may prove to be the most memorable ad of the entire election cycle. It is devastating. But I would’ve held it until the final weekend of the campaign. With this much time before the election, I fully expect the Democrats to have an equally devastating response.”

— Republican pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by Politico, on the campaign ad run by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his opponent’s mother.

Envoy Fan-Boy

October 22, 2026 Buck Banks

We would have been mildly surprised if he’d said he was a vegetarian,
And we would have been shocked if he’d said he was a Rotarian.
But witless Steve Witkoff,
Showed he’s a simpering jack-off,
When he gobsmacked us by calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian.”

MAGA’s Unaffordability Crisis

October 20, 2026 Buck Banks

Looking for where Trump’s NOT making money? Good luck with your search.
You know he’d have a hand in the collection plate — if he went to church.
But now being a member of the MAGA faithful,
Has gotten much more fiscally painful —
Donald has raised prices by 120% on all official Trump and MAGA merch.

Trump’s Approval Hits 31% Two Weeks from Midterms

October 20, 2026 Buck Banks

31%

President Donald ?Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump’s ?performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in ?either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

Russian to Judgment

October 19, 2026 Buck Banks

The United States and Ukraine no longer seem to be in synch,
After Trump lifted Russia sanctions with a grin and a wink.
Trump coordinated it with Putin,
Who ramped up the drone shooting,
After Trump and Elon Musk throttled Ukraine’s Starlink.

Zacharia, We Hardly Knew Ya

October 16, 2026October 16, 2026 Buck Banks

Trump probably hired Katie Zacharia ’cause he thought she’s a cutie,
But there’s more to press secretary-ing than being a blonde beauty.
She wasn’t fully vetted,
Now her hiring is regretted,
So her tenure was short — she didn’t even last a full Scaramucci.*

*Anthony Scaramucci was press secretary in Trump’s first administration for 11 days.

Damsels in Distress

October 15, 2026 Buck Banks

As speculation about Susie Wile’s future in the Oval swirls,
The administration’s dominated by goons, baboons and churls.
Trump’s hirings and firings aren’t based on competence,
But are instead fueled by a Y-chromosome sixth sense:
See, in Trump Term 2, the only ones who get fired are the girls.

Author: Buck Banks

Pollster: Ramaswamy’s Ad the ‘Most Memorable’ of Campaign

“This may prove to be the most memorable ad of the entire election cycle. It is devastating. But I would’ve held it until the final weekend of the campaign. With this much time before the election, I fully expect the Democrats to have an equally devastating response.”

— Republican pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by Politico, on the campaign ad run by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his opponent’s mother.

Envoy Fan-Boy

MAGA’s Unaffordability Crisis

Trump’s Approval Hits 31% Two Weeks from Midterms

31%

Russian to Judgment

Zacharia, We Hardly Knew Ya

Damsels in Distress

The ‘Dumb’ in Martyrdom

Grecian Palm Grease

Trump’s Tit for Tat

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”