Three pirates?

could we ever have a legitimate third party candidate? someone who could actually win the general election and become president of the USA? easy answer…maybe. hard answer…sure why not? we are an educated nation, with easy access to information. it wouldn’t be terribly hard to run an independent campaign and wind voters to your cause. but we are ingrained in the Republican/Democrat system. it would need to start on the local level. more local elected positions being held by alternate parties, means more exposure to the possibility. maybe a few more state senators or a governor…perhaps a full third of the House and Senate? suddenly alternate parties are becoming normal and feasible. suddenly their isn’t so much partisanship because there aren’t two strong semi-majorities. sure, there would be conflicts, but if the proof is in the pudding…alternate party candidates tend to actually care about their constituents.  i know, its a lot of idealism…but America is all about free choice, so why can’t we be free to choose an alternate party or independent president. if they can raid enough support, both voter and financial…put them on the ballet. also, we would need to do away with primaries and that sham electoral college…antiquated sham sham sham. let the popular vote actually count!

American Presidency is a Sham

I am out of patience with the way America works. why are we restricted to a two party system for the highest office in the land? sure, independents and others can run, but they are really just percentage changers in the grand scheme of things. and why do we need primaries? why can’t whoever gets enough signatures be on the ballet in November? seriously, its a gigantic waste of money, time and personal energy. suddenly, after 6 months of campaigning, i have no clue what these candidates believe, or what policies they prefer. but then, being president shouldn’t be about an agenda or policies, should it? being president should be about running American, not promoting personal ambition. I vote for America when i cast my ballet, i don’t vote for pretenders. sometimes its about selecting the person who will lie to me the least(hopefully), but mostly its about trying to pick the person who won’t be so much about themselves and they are about actually managing American and the interests of it Actual People. so for the last 60 years when we have been run by corporations with profit mongering in mind, America has gone from friend to tolerated crazy uncle to often hated enemy. money rules us doesn’t it? or should we rule money? and don’t get me started on the Electoral Collge…sham sham sham…outdated insulting sham…