tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post7537930638512122536..comments2022-04-01T22:18:28.895+13:00Comments on Hagstone: On Random Things and Admin StuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-22359343681864774182012-10-22T00:38:54.318+13:002012-10-22T00:38:54.318+13:00The trouble is, where the US is now, you sort of c...The trouble is, where the US is now, you sort of can only pick Obama or Romney. You can cast your vote for one of the other guys but you're not really "picking" them because they don't stand a snowball's chance in hell in actually winning, so really you're using your vote to make a statement. <br /><br />Which is fine but it's not a statement anyone will hear or that anyone much cares about, and in effect that's one less vote going towards preventing the guy who dislike more from getting into office. That might not mean much, depending on how cynical you are about the whole political system. I'd still be worried enough to cast my vote for the perceived lesser of two evils, but I can understand why many people wouldn't be. <br /><br />I don't know. Massive reform is needed, particularly regarding lobbying and the money involved in politics. Bernie Sanders 2016. <br /><br />As an outsider, American politics is very much a distant thing. It's entertaining, and I can go and look at it when I want to and pretty much ignore it the rest of the time. So I enjoy the Daily Show's snarks and I check the Twitter comments on the debates and the Beeb's various tongue-in-cheek updates on the whole election deal. It's such an international spectacle; while I'll pay attention to election <i>results</i> in other countries (chiefly Australia, the UK and other European nations - I was thrilled when France elected Hollande) I generally won't follow the elections themselves. But everyone follows the US ones. Someone on twitter, I forget who, mentioned that the US elections are to Canadians what Honey Boo Boo is to Americans. Sannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-21511621539425969852012-10-19T08:46:02.421+13:002012-10-19T08:46:02.421+13:00Is it sad to say I was sick of all the political c...Is it sad to say I was sick of all the political crap when I only saw the first signs of it? If they used their ads to tell people how they would make the country better instead of just bashing the other candidate(s) then I wouldn't have such a problem with it. Instead they make people going hunting for what they stand for and what they want to do and most people are too lazy to put the effort into looking into them and just pick someone because they slung the most mud.<br /><br />And I have to say I would love to see the day when we get a 3rd party president. Too many people think that they can only pick Obama or Romney.Kemetic Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899711722085106600noreply@blogger.com