Re: The American 2016 Presidential Elections & The Ongoing American Saga
Reply #400 –
The show so far:
On the Democrat side, we have Hillary Clinton and a couple of trial-horses. Seriously, the contenders only make it so that Hillary's eventual winning of the Democratic nomination isn't a coronation.
On the Republican side--- some 15 contenders for nomination. Add 5 more, give them pitchforks and torches, and they're good to go as an angry, frightened mob. Make Donald Trump their spokesperson for real fun.
Of that lot, Scott Walker from Wisconsin, the governor of Louisiana (I forget his name) and-- God help us-- Jeb Bush are the only ones seriously worth considering. The rest fill out the angry, frightened mob.
We're in an awful lot of trouble.
I have to admit that I'm just a clueless person from over the pond who tries to understand something about this circus, called US electoral campaign.
Granted that the new candidates might not be any better presidents than their predecessors, what on earth makes you think that Hillary Clinton is worse than Barack Obama or Jeb Bush is worse than his brother George?
So, what's the big drama?
I won't speak for others, but in my case I really don't want to see another Bush or Clinton in the White House for a long, long, long time. Send these two dynastic families home! The idea that the President must be either a Bush or a Clinton-- with a break for Obama-- gets old fast. Especially when the families in question are marginal in everything except government power-grabbing.