Who should be the next president?

[RCMerchant]

Let me make it clear that I do not care for the two main camps as well as their ideologies: Republican/conservative and Democrat/liberal. Yes, I'm being very black and white about this, but the biggest problem they both have is corporate rule.

Just as I believe in separation of Church (religion) and State, I think there should be separation of Corporation and State. Both parties bathe in contributions from corporate entities and end up serving corporate interests more than the will of the people.

That being said, the "will" of the people (not everyone, but enough to cause sane people to go insane) seems to be "Huh?". Ridiculously low voter turn out, and a good percentage of those who manage to vote do so based on looks, sound bites, and how well put together the candidates' ads are. If that's the case, then shouldn't George Clooney or Brad Pitt be running for political office. "A candidate is only as good as his/her last movie!"

Continuing with this generalized rant, why not place a ban on mud-slinging attack ads by politicians? I quit watching them because almost every one of them spends the entire time telling you what a scumbag the opponent is. That's nice. Would you like to give me a realistic idea of what you stand for, good sirs? Nope, because they would have to own up to being bought and sold by their contributors as well as shady crap they pray no one discovers until AFTER the election.

They might as well turn elections into reality shows and let the viewers vote by text message. It worked for American Idol, and look at how many slobbering idiots voted each week.

Screw politics. I'm gonna go watch some movies and hope that I'm wiped out in the first few minutes of the Apocalypse that will probably take place in my lifetime.

Oh, and, whoever is the last one standing, remember to turn out the lights when you leave.

Well said,sir!
Oh-we have a reality  show guy running for president,buy the way.
I have a little more faith in humankind,though-I think-I HOPE-thinking minds will prevail in the long run- sorry state of the world when most folks are lemmings-they will follow a shmuck right off a cliff.
The Cult of Personality...as the song goes.

http://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

[RCMerchant]

I agree with Java-from the food we eat to the people we elect to run the world-it's all about SELLING-its the selling of the President.It's not an election-its marketing .
Of course it always has been-and always will be,-its not new. There is no perfect person who will make everyone happy. Ever. And never will be.
But ignoring simple FACTS and going on face value and sound bites  -you have to THINK.

[Zapranoth]

You said "if I had to vote," Ronnie.

I'll point out that for our system to work, well... well all *do* have to vote.   

[RCMerchant]

You said "if I had to vote," Ronnie.

I'll point out that for our system to work, well... well all *do* have to vote.    

This is true-but if I choose not to choose I have made a choice.
And being I just quoted the band Rush-maybe its better I dont vote.
If I could choose between eating liver (ahh!) or liverwurst (ahh!) I wouldnt eat.
I am NOT gonna vote-because I cant vote for anybody-I think they are all liars.

I sure as hell dont know the answers as how to fix this world-nobody does-but this I am certain of-
Donald Trump is NOT the answer...good lord-anybody-the man is flat out  an egotistical self serving meglomaniac. He scares the hell outta me.

[Zapranoth]

If Trump secures his party's nomination, then casting no vote in the primary is making the choice to allow more probability of him becoming the POTUS.

[RCMerchant]

If Trump secures his party's nomination, then casting no vote in the primary is making the choice to allow more probability of him becoming the POTUS.

yeah-yer right. so I'll vote.

[RCMerchant]

See how easy it is to sway folks-it's not hard.
No-I'm not gonna vote. I lied.

[lester1/2jr]

you also have the right NOT to vote.

staying home sends a message that you don't like any of the candidates enough to go down the street and pull a lever. that's how I feel so far at least

[Trevor]

 

[Trevor]

Oh-and this has nothing to do with anything either.

[Skull]

you also have the right NOT to vote.

staying home sends a message that you don't like any of the candidates enough to go down the street and pull a lever. that's how I feel so far at least

Yeah that would be true if there wasn't for election fraud. This is why the republicans need a big turnout to beat Hillary. And the republicans are not going to get this big turnout with Ted Cruz or if they slip Rubio. There is no sense for Rubio or Kasich to be in other then keeping the votes away from Trump or Cruz so they can push this to the convention - where they know they would get the support from the establishment. I still think if Ted Cruz is for helping the country then for helping himself; he should realize that Rubio and Kasich are not dropping out and therefor he should so Trump could win... otherwise we are looking an an establishment republican and Hillary the new president.

Sorry, I just don't think we have enough Americans that would vote for a True Conservative especially when the majority of the people think conservatives hate gays, blacks, women, poor people, etc...

[indianasmith]

And 66% of Americans hate Donald Trump.  He's the only candidate in the race on  either side with higher negatives than Hillary.
A Trump nomination is a Hillary win, period.

Frankly, I think God is ticked off at us and this years' candidates are our punishment. 

[Skull]

And 66% of Americans hate Donald Trump.  He's the only candidate in the race on  either side with higher negatives than Hillary.
A Trump nomination is a Hillary win, period.

Don't believe the polls. It's hard to tell if they are telling the truth. The election results do tell a different story.

Frankly, I think God is ticked off at us and this years' candidates are our punishment.  

lol I don't think God has anything to do with this. We all would LOVE to have a true Conservative in the white house. The problem is we have too many people looking for Santa and there isn't enough looking for self-responsibilities. For Ted Cruz to work he needs to get his message past the Media... And it's not happening.

I also want to point out and I do agree that we have too many stupid people voting. I never thought that was true because I thought people cannot be that damn stupid - until during Romney's presidential run and my sister (who in her 30's) was telling me she's not voting for Romney because he wants to ban contraceptives. I realized that Obama is going to win because of the stupid. What makes Trump so freaking awesome is that he's collecting the stupid vote. Love him, hate him all you want... but he's a million times better then Hillary.

Fact... Hillary killed soldiers to keep a campaign slogan alive.

Fact... Hillary had Top Secret emails in a secret server that should send her to PRISON.

Fact... Hillary (in the 1970's) help a child rapist get off... she joked about how she screwed that poor girl case in the 1980's and there's a tape of this floating in the internet.

Fact... Hillary protected Bill Clinton from the sexual scandals by smearing the victims.


Sure all we have is Trumps word that he'll closed the border and bring jobs... but I would take his word over Hillary's any day of the week.

[ulthar]

We all would LOVE to have a true Conservative in the white house.

Then how on EARTH can you support Trump for a single minute?  You think he is "Conservative?"  If so, you simply are <i>not</i> paying attention to his history, his present or a word he is saying.

Sure all we have is Trumps word that he'll closed the border and bring jobs... but I would take his word over Hillary's any day of the week.

And why is that?  Because he's saying what you want to hear?  Meanwhile, you have blinded yourself to the number of times he's flip-flopped, changed his story, outright lied, said something one day then his 'handlers' had to correct / fix it the next day.  Good grief.  It's impossible to really know WHAT he's saying anyway.

Trump is peddling poisoned Kool Aid and a whole bunch of people are drinking it.  I truly pray to God to help this nation if he gets elected President.  What a tremendous mess that will be.

But whatever.

[ER]

Aww, but Trump's so strong. Like Mussolini.