Eternal Idol
Lono, "The Dog"
Originally posted by dadudemon
I hadn't run across that joke until Backfire posted it in a smartass reply to someone about the situation. It made me laughReally wish we had a smarter, younger, less eccentric version of Bernie Sanders running for president. It would be easy to beat Trump.
But Trump is pretty much 100% going to win. Crisis worked in his favor because now he gets near daily views/watches from the public instead of near round the clock anti-Trump media coverage and that's bed for the Dem-controlled media.
I don't think there's anything wrong with Bernie as he is, and I'm not convinced the political and media establishment--and consequently, the electorate--would be much more receptive to or even honest about him and his policies if he were any younger or able to better convey his ideas. They're too wrapped up in their own bullshit to care, much less be objective about anything not part of their own bullshit.
At this point, I'd prefer an electorate that:
*was more empathetic toward the less fortunate, American or not
*actually researched the candidates and objectively weighed the merits of their policies before deciding whom to vote for
*questioned the claims of these candidates and their respective parties, and compared them to past actions, works, associations, and voting records
*didn't get blindly swept up by stupid backwards notions such as party loyalty, identity politics, and appearance/likeability/have-a-beer-with-ability, and
*actually showed up to vote, and not just for the presidential general election, but for every election and primary they were able to participate in.