Day number 40 preparing for the election. So far, candidates I support:
My Dad seems to be the most intelligent about the time he has spent following the coverage: He's grateful that he's missed the brouhaha.
Other than that, Bill, an old fart from the coffee shop (who's been in law—both applied and political—for the last fifty years or so. His comment? "Hell. This election is less d__m sensible than any I've ever seen. 'Course, I been in Oklahoma for awhile." I'm not sure what Oklahoma has to do with it, nor what hell has to do with it, either—though (regardless of intention) I'm not sure his diagnosis is too far wrong.
But why? Why is this election so thoroughly irrelevant?
Who cares?
Some things I'd like to see addressed by the people running the political system:
- Independent election of president and vice president (Front runner gets presidency, runner-up gets VP. I think that would put a nice screw into party politics.)
- Political parties. After the GOP spent 150k on their VP's wardrobe, I wondered how many of the GOP members would feel comfortable with knowing that that's where their donations went. Of course, nobody's got a chance to be elected unless they kowtow to one party or another.
- Secular humanism. Man being the measurement of everything. Society being the summum bonum. Would somebody just take it out of my misery?
- Oh, also federal education, welfare, communications, housing, religion, economy, etc.
In fact, I think I'd be just as happy if we re-wrote the Articles of the Confederation and went back to that.
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I'm writing in my vote on the ballot:
Jesus Christ
yeah his kingdom is never going to be related to stupid earth politics, but heck, it'd be fun to put his name there.
The Zombie is hysterical! As for your political system list... interesting.
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