Here in Oz we have little interest in the US Pre-Selection process… Although we do seem to be inundated with information regarding it.
I find the hype around this so appauling, it is no longer funny. The money spent on it is a tragic waste and the overall process appears nothing more than a real life Hollywood movie set.
Truly why Bother?
Here’s a thought, you have 4 Candidates, so why not vote for all four during the election. The most votes gets to be President, the second most Vice President.
There you go saving us from this disgusting displays of mindless dribble.
In Truth, I haven’t yet seen a Candidate that shows anything different to the Status Quo. They all say what you want to hear, when you need to hear it and not one of them appears to standing up for their own principles.
Heres my view on the Candidates so far….. in no particular order, because who ever gets in will screw the world over, send us to another senseless war, and tell us how wonderful they are and that we should be thankful for the chance to get bombed to boot….
John McCain
An old age pensioner who feels there’s nothing America needs than a good old fashioned war. Couple this with his apparent suffering from Penis Envy, and love of big bad bombs, he is a scary proposition.
Barack Obama
This would have to Whitest Black guy I have seen next to Micheal Jackson. Really is anyone truly buying into his I stand for the Black population claptrap he is spinning… and what the heck has he got to with Espanic population, who it would appear is in the country illegally for the most anyway….
If this guy was any less black he would be glowing…… Coming from a privileged black background does not automatically mean you understand the rest of the African American populations issues..
Hillary Clinton..
Now here is a lady with the biggest set of balls in the History of Washington DC. She may be a women, but the only female thing about her, I can see is Bill…. It was long thought during his Presidency that she wore the pants and we are seeing that in action during this campaign. She doesn’t need to ride on the coat tails of his Presidency…. she knows exactly how it works… if only she would stop trying to pretend she is a woman and put some pants on….
Ron Paul
Well from the news we are hearing globally, this guy doesn’t exist, he does however seem to be the imaginary friend candidate opposing John McCain. The first most of us heard of him was on Diggs when he was added to their list of candidates…
So he is a none event a figment of our imagination. A name not even added to the ballot paper, so is this some weird attempt to gain votes for John McCain by default.
So far here is the amount spent on the present campaigns, in 2004 the cost of all campaigns by the candidates was in the region of 880 million dollars, by the time this pre selection is over it will be topping 1 billion dollars. Yes thats Right 1 BILLION Dollars.
This is ridiculous. Truly how can a person wishing to become the President of a Country, spend this sort of money on a campaign, which only give them the chance to spend more money attempting to become President? This is only to make the short list, the Population still have the election to go through yet.
SO how can a person or a government excuse this sort of expenditure, when a large number of the citizens are starving, loosing their homes, unemployed, living on the streets, unable to get health care, unable to buy medicine.
My God this is hypocrasy at work. Think of the present campaign like this:
One billion dollars towards a national healthcare scheme.
or
One Billion dollars towards the care of disabled service men and their families
how about
One Billion Dollars towards oh I dont know how about a welfare system
or
education/school funding
Wouldnt that be a far better use of the money… it would benefit the community in general, the rich guys wouldn’t get any richer.
oh! hang!
on perhaps thats the reason they do things like this…
cant have the wealthy missing out can we….
Not with the price of Petrol going up!
Footnote: Obviously there are more than 4 candidates, but none get a mention down here at Worlds End.
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