American politics suck. Big corporations are buying the government and politicians are giving themselves raises while everyone else suffers. Factor in how dumb the American population is (THE MOON LANDING IS FAKE!!!!!!! OBAMA IS A KENYAN MUSLIM!!!!!!!!!!! CHEMTRAILS ARE THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO CONTROL US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and you have a shitshow in politics.
People hate politics, but they don't do anything to change it. The richest have been in power for so long that the electorate forgot that they're the ones in charge, and can vote people OUT of office. Yes, you can vote the bad ones out. Just show up to the ballot and throw a piece of paper into a box and you save the nation.
Personal opinion time:
On this election so far, I believe that Senator Sanders and Governor Kasich are the only honest candidates in the election. My voting preference is:
Sanders>Kasich>Clinton>Trump>Cruz
1) Sanders
The most honest candidate in the election. He faces the facts and isn't afraid to confront the celebrity on stage Clinton. He has the highest percentage of True claims on Politifact.com (as background, Politifact is an independent political news source that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting). I agree with every one of his claims, EXCEPT for social justice claims such as "women make 78 cents for every dollar a man makes," simply because it's false.
2) Kasich
The only honest Republican candidate. He has the experience as governor to get things done. He has no experience at the federal level, but he has been on committees and gotten shit done, tl;dr.
3) Clinton
I believe Clinton is a fraud. But, I would rather have a fraud that's in it to benefit herself than someone who would knowingly run the country into the dirt -- id est Trump and Cruz.
4) Trump
This kid is crazy. There's a reason why people vote for him: he's a baby. You know how a 3 year old shows up to a talent show and wins the sympathetic vote of the entire audience? Yeah, that's Trump.
5) Cruz
The only reason why I put Trump over Cruz is that Cruz is a baby, but he's also a fundamentalist evangelical Christian. The evangelical Christian part I can deal with, the fundamentalist part is a no go.
Get your "If you don't love Jesus I'll put cops at your front door" shit out of here.
Rurree wrote:
OP, why are you asking for our opinions when all you said was that you're voting for Bernie? I find that strange, also, this should be in General Discussion not Off-Topic.
I can't really give an accurate opinion concerning American politics without living there, but I think so far they've been unlucky with their presidents, starting from the younger Bush. Obama, while being highly intellectual and sympathetic with the ordinary American, has not been so good with most of the problems that the USA is experiencing today. He didn't heal the country's racial divisions, ObamaCare wasn't really as effective as he meant to be, he ignored Iraq due to him being overly cautious (which is another flaw of his, he doesn't want to be another Bush, though understandably so.), he failed to reform immigration, he didn't keep the NSA from spying, he didn't shut down Guantanamo.. I could go on but I wouldn't want this post to be lengthy. :p
But then again, we can't expect that a president could be perfect. This year's list of candidates aren't too impressive for me either.
This happens because of an obstructionist Congress. They've blocked Obama at every step he's tried to take.
B1rd wrote:
Because leftists typically can't think of any better criticism than comparing someone they don't like to Hitler.
There are two types of supporters: Smart supporters and shitty supporters.
Shitty supporters on Trump's side:
LEFTISTS ARE LIBTARD CUCKS
HIGH ENERGY
CUCKS
Shitty supporter's on Sander's side:
IF YOU NEED MORE EVIDENCE THAN HER TRUTH, THAT'S RAPE CULTURE
BLACK LIVES MATTER BUT LET'S DEFACE PUBLIC PROPERTY WITH THAT SHIT
FREE COLLEGE FREE COLLEGE FREE COLLEGE
I'm a Sanders supporter, but I don't compare Trump to Hitler. Ideologically they're similar but with the way mass media works now, Trump can't do anything close to what Hitler did. If you read what I wrote above, yes, I believe Trump is a big baby, yes, I disagree with him, but no, he isn't Hitler.
While we're at it, let's compare Trump's claims to Sanders'.
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/bernie-s/http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/Trump's claims are, for the most part, false. Sanders' claims are, for the most part, true.
I think this factors into why shitty Sanders supporters compare Trump to Hitler -- Jews aren't bad people, for example, but shitty Sanders supporters make the connection anyways.
P.S.: If you want to see shitty Trump supporters, visit reddit.com/r/the_donald
you're in for some fun