We are featured with a presidential campaign by two parties this year that appear to be about relative character and temperament, and virtually policy and plan free. I have the impression of an expensive high school class president competition. Who do you like the best, based on looks and personality instead of issues, or more accurately who do you like the least worse. Much has already been written about this, so I won’t dwell further on what I think about the candidate. If you’ve read my material, you know where I am on this. What I find important to consider in the next layer of the onion analysis, is why does the american voting public and our vaulted free press seem to be enamored with the discussion of temperament, lies/half-truths, influence, ethics, etc… All items that would certainly factor into decision making, however… Issues that get discussed are items like immigration, because of extraordinary claims of wall building and deportations that are not cost effective or productive, and yet from the Hillary we don’t get a plan or policy in response we get a defamation of Trump for outrageous claims and approach… and the press reports and gets rich. We have a commander-in-chief back-to-back with Matt Lauer and we get no thoughts on strategy, no insight to decision making. We get a denigration of existing policy and the “generals turned to rubble”, and we get the “no ground troops” statement and a lot about why they have the temperament and insight and the other does not. The whole event was enough to make one want to puke, both candidates offered nothing of substance and a whole lot of high school class president positioning.
Why not a serious journalist that understands international events and help hold the candidates to a serious discussion of the issues and strategic response? No offense to Matt Lauer, he does great work on those human interest stories. But that is telling too. Are we as a voting public viewed by these politicians (Trump is one too, gotta be after how many position back flips he’s done) as uninterested in real policy and plans. Does the press believe that its entertainment ratings are more important than the issues? I’ve often heard, follow the money. Well in this case the money is about entertainment. This election season is a boon for the networks and a bust for the american people. I hope for sake of our country that the upcoming face to face debates are more substantial.
Such a general statement in two paragraphs or a 30 second sound bite on Television. There are more than two parties running. You are giving no credit to the Green Party nor the libertarian party. I believe that combined they have about 10 percent of the votes.
Are they two major parties? Yes, been that way for over a hundred years or more. Nothing new here. Why? Because they have the money to spend on advertising on a national level. The media is the ones that get the billions that the campagins spends. Has been this way for hundred of years. So, nothing new here. It is how the news media makes money. From advertising.
Looks? Now that is a joke. I know of no one, at least in this election: who will vote for the two majors running because of the way they look. Gotta love the pant suits! Wow..such a turn on.
Issues: well, Matt Laure is the show host. His job..note, I said job because he is paid by his bosses, just like you are: his bosses get paid by advertising ratings. So, his job is too ask as many questions as he can for 30 minutes,, well, 20 minutes because there are 10 minutes for commercials. So, no way that any candidate can answers in detail. The debates will be no different with the exception of 2 or 3 minutes to reply and the hosts are already doing their study on Gotta you questions.
Back flips? You do need to do your homework on Hillary. She has been in politics for a long, long time. Her list of how she felt on right to life, from those coming across the border illegally. She is a career polictican. Lies, lies, lies, which has made her millions. BTW. Of, course you seems just to simply ignore the 30k e mails that were bleached. Yes, nothing to hide
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Building a wall..I see no problem with this. It is our country. I fought for it, you dad’s generation did too. We cannot and should not Allow open borders. Come here legally. Period! No discussion. Are we a nation of Laws or not. What hence your problem here. Do you homework on the cost of to Americans taxpayer as to to cost of illegals coming into America. Do your homework on the billions made in drugs coming across the border.
Musing is all this is. Just general with no facts…maybe cnn will hire you. It is like this every election cycle. The states that are under finance problems are run by democrates. The city that you grew up in is worth nothing and is the laughing stock of america. Care more about bringing America back again. Tis called Leadership. There is only one person who is running on this agenda.
Musings…make me smile