In this election there is a choice between which candidate is the most "Deplorable" and which lied the most. When you go to vote you have to weigh in on morale and ethical issues, something that should not even be part of a candidate's background when running for president. Votes should be for economic plans, policy change, etc. Politics is at an all time low but I can see it getting lower before November.
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There is also another choice that most people don't know about. Trump and Clinton are not the only people running. That said, Trump and Clinton are the only people running who have a deplorable history of policy and economic planning. Clinton, clearly the leader in deplorable content, has spent her entire career defrauding the American people and belittling them. Trump has spent years ruining one business venture after another, albeit legally. It's time to boycott the entire process until we have better options. Unfortunately, this means boycotting the mainstream media as well.
Its been time to boycott the status quo for years. But the vast majority of voters have bought into the insidious lie that voting for anyone other than a major candidate is a vote for (Insert whoever they fear more)
Independent voters outnumber republicans and democrats by a significant margin. If they acted together to break the stalemate, we'd easily have a third party candidate elected by a landslide. And that doesn't even consider all the people who don't vote at all for whatever reason. If a candidate who is actually worthy of office could rally such individuals…
Entertainment… that is the reason I want to watch the debate tonight. Do I expect them to bring any real plan on the table no… I just like hearing the mud slinging.
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The problem with that is that while (Not certain of this) independents may out number the split between republicans and democrats is that they are independent and will not vote as a block.
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True, but most independents are in that category because they feel neither party represents them. A competent moderate representative that represented a real shot at breaking the two party deadlock could, at least in theory, rally most of them to one flag.
Not saying that its particularly likely. Just the opposite, I don't expect to see it happen in my lifetime at this rate.
Edited: daishain on 19th Oct, 2016 - 8:33pm
Seeing someone else run should start with the debates. Why not invite someone from the Liberal party to be part of the debate. Until the rest of Americans start thinking outside of the box we have a debate tonight with the usual elephant stopping and donkey back kicking.
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I have CNN on now and the CNN anchors that aren't hiding their bias are trying to discuss the debate and people are really loudly heckling them in the background its so funny.
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