Presidential Race 2016

Not any. There are still a few around trying to do it right, although the list is getting very, very short each day.

 

Not sure how I feel about this one. The Donald has changed the rules about campaigning, choosing to attack the press at every turn. The Times has changed the rules about covering him as a result. I don't like releasing personal information against someone's will, regardless of if they're running for president. But in his case, I'm torn. And there is the question of how it was obtained. This has gotten way, way out of hand, and that only means that fewer people will be inclined to vote. And that's really bad, and saddens me deeply.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/u...e-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

 

I tried to watch the VP debate, I really did. I tried twice. The first time I switched back to the O's-Jays game was when Tim Kaine decided NOT to answer THE VERY FIRST QUESTION POSED TO HIM and, instead, went on history lesson/rant about the venue and it's significance in his home state. Click. The second time was when he started interrupting Pence about foreign affairs, more than once, by intejecting Trump's comments about Vladimir Putin, which the hostess kept insisting they'd get to in a feeble attempt to get the thing back on track. Click. I dislike both of these clowns almost as much as Hillary and Donald. Kaine had a somewhat Howard Dean-esque thing going on that really turned me off. Pence just kept trying to calmly defend the indefensible while denying that he said things he clearly said. Again, just another disappointing excuse for more to stay away from the polls.

 

I forced myself to watch all of it. JFK is rolling over in his grave. That we've come to this speaks volumes about where we are as a country. The two major political parties need to do some serious soul searching after this election and put SOMETHING into place that will at least lessen the chance of two more such pitiful candidates in the future. That being said, I'm sure no minds were changed as a result of last night's activities. More importantly, no one appeared to make a fatal comment or gesture to jeopardize their candidacy. If there were ANY viable third party candidates on the ballot (and trust me, I'm still looking), I would vote for them instead of either of these two. Gary Johnson's position on climate change troubles me greatly, but I'm starting to lean toward him a little bit. Darrell Castle wants to ban all Muslims like Trump, so he's out. Evan McMullin is also a possibility, although he isn't on the ballot in a lot of states. He is in mine. Jill Stein is not your typical Green Party wacko, but she still has extremist views on too many issues to earn my vote. I will vote, but not for Hillary or Trump. And don't say I wasted my vote. The only wasted vote is an unprincipled vote. After watching both Democrats and Republicans make promises that frequently become lies, two conclusions should become evident: (1) The lesser of two evils is still evil, and (2) the only way to waste your vote is not to use it for a candidate that sends the message you want to send to America. In all honesty, It doesnt matter which evil you vote for if evil still wins.

 

VOTE TOMORROW!

 

Yeah... except what the Donald says about the press is true... even though he wouldnt be the candidate if they hadnt focussed on every stupid thing he said. It was true when Romney ran.. more true now.
- Dontcha kinda wish you had voted for Romney?

Wonder why I've been relatively silent? Either way, as average middle class Americans, we're screwed!
Seeing certain people on Facebook, who were for Bernie in the Primaries, plump for Hillary makes me fearful for our country maintaining any semblance of a Democracy.
Because Bernie was honest, not because his policies would work, they wouldn't because they never have... but on what he said about Hillary being corrupt.
So when you voted for Hillary, you're saying you're okay with that. That you WANT our country to be Chicago or, even worse, Detroit.
But Hillary isn't going to win the vote. The pissed off flyovers are going to win the vote and Trump will get the numbers. I'm not just going by the yard signs in my area, which are Trump, about 20-1... face it lots of Dems are ashamed they're vote for the biggest crook ever to run for President. What that tells me is he's gonna win my part of the country big.

Thing is though, winning this election is one thing, assuming office is another. I said well over a year ago the Democratic client base has been primed for action .. and if Trump wins, we're gonna see cities burning like never before. And normal processes are suspended under Martial Law.
And you know what, a lot of people I talk to expect that to happen. They're gonna vote Trump, as I am, anyway because they think it will send a message for the parties to pay attention. I don't think so, but WTH.

Yes, I really hope I'm wrong. But I'm probably not.

 

Maybe we have something we can all agree on: Gerrymandering is really bad. I'm in PA and we haven't voted for a Republican president since '88 and Democrats have been dominating in the state-wide offices. Despite that, there is a 13 t0 5 advantage for Republicans in PA congressional seats and Republicans have both chambers of the state house. This isn't because they've been winning the competition of ideas, its because of gerrymandering. My little college town is split into three different state house districts because we're a scary bastion of liberal thought. Less gerrymandering means fewer safe seats, more moderate candidates, and more compromise. In PA the State Supreme Court is heavily Democratic now and will likely reject the next redistricting plan put forth by Republicans, so at least we have that to look forward to. But I don't want it to swing the other way either, I just want boundaries that haven't been sculpted.

 

I expected it would be closer than the polls indicated but not Bush/Gore close.