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2012 Presidential Election.

I'm not ever someone to really talk about politics, except with my Hubby.  So I am not trying to start a political debate about parties, or candidates.  That being said, H and I were just looking at the potential candidates, and I was mildly horrified to find out that "The Naked Cowboy" has delcared he will be running for office on an independant ticket. SERIOUSLY?! There were a few other "everyday americans" who plan on running. I'm all for that, but unless they have something more productive to say than "the rent is too damn high", I for one can say that I will not take any of them seriously until I see proof that they are the best candidate for the job, ie a plan for bettering the economy, to lower the rent that is so high.  I think it would be great if an average citizen ran for president, and won, but only if they were well versed in the issues that face our country. Not just the ones that they have a problem with.

How do you feel about politics? do you research candidates or just vote with your party? Do you think that military service should be a requirement for the President? If you could change anything about the election process, what would it be?
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election.

  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
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    edited December 2011
    The Naked Cowboy isn't going to make it anywhere near the primary vote, or anything else, so if "running for president" is something he wants to list on his resume after "singing and playing guitar naked on the corner" then go for it naked cowboy.

    I don't really pay much attention to politics at all.  And I usually steer clear of politcal debates or discussions because I'm that person who would likely just repeat some random factoid I heard or read, and then have no facts to back it up and would look like a major douchecanoe.  To me politics are way too much like high school, and it's all about having the most people like you, and news of you sexting someone other than your SO being spread like wildfire before you even leave the cafeteria. 

    I usually don't focus on the candidates until the primaries and they are down to the main candidates.  I think it's awesome if they have military service in their background, but I don't think it should be a requirement.  If I could change anything about the election process, I would ban campaign ads from TV, because they annoy the eff out of me.  
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  • Sammy0709Sammy0709 member
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    edited December 2011

    My final semester of college I took a class on American Politics and the other students were such idiots about everything that I wanted to shake most of them and it really turned me off to politics in general. 

    I researched what the candidates stood for during the last election.  I don't spend as much time on that as I probably should but, I try.  I usually don't vote with my party because I did not know if I wanted to be R or D so I just took the same as my parents and I usually disagree with my party on a lot of things. 

    DH and I have talked a lot about how we both think that military service should be a requirement.  I realize the president has a cabinet and adviors to assist him with his military decisions as commander in chief but, how can you possibly expect someone to make an educated military decision with no experience regardless of the assistance he or she has?  On a comical side note, until we were required to take a government class in highschool, DH thought that military service was a prerequisite to becoming president.

    There's a lot I would change about the election process if I were in charge but it includes things that are probably not very democratic so I try not to think about it. 

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    The Naked Cowboy said that he sees becoming the President as a way to make his dream of being "the richest man in the world" come true.  Too bad that the President isn't anywhere close to being the richest man in the world.

    Oh! A note on WeinerGate.. Apparently Bill Clinton officated their wedding (Huma Abedin & Andrew Weiner) and when the former president was asked to comment on the scandal he said that "Huma is like a daughter to me, so I'm pretty pissed off".  I kind of love Bill Clinton, and that made me smile big time.
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  • kara811kara811 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_2012-presidential-election?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:92fceae4-9c34-4c9c-b732-bddd51f6fd8ePost:88a12857-6c66-4727-8fd2-b7439a5eef4c">Re: 2012 Presidential Election.</a>:
    [QUOTE]The Naked Cowboy isn't going to make it anywhere near the primary vote, or anything else, so if "running for president" is something he wants to list on his resume after "singing and playing guitar naked on the corner" then go for it naked cowboy. I don't really pay much attention to politics at all.  And I usually steer clear of politcal debates or discussions because I'm that person who would likely just repeat some random factoid I heard or read, and then have no facts to back it up and would look like a major douchecanoe.  To me politics are way too much like high school, and it's all about having the most people like you, and news of you sexting someone other than your SO being spread like wildfire before you even leave the cafeteria.  <strong>I usually don't focus on the candidates until the primaries and they are down to the main candidates.  </strong>I think it's awesome if they have military service in their background, but I don't think it should be a requirement.  If I could change anything about the election process, I would ban campaign ads from TV, because they annoy the eff out of me.  
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    </div><div>Ditto this. I don't pay much attention to politics although I read about it in the articles from time to time. H doesn't know anything really until I open a conversation about it with him. </div>
  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    I was a political science major in college, so I pay a lot of attention. 

    At the moment, I'm pretty concerned about a lot of policy talk from the Republican debate. I'm the opposite of an isolationist, and I agree with Senator McCain that they were saying potentially frightening things the other night. Here's an article I saved from yesterday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110619/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign_republicans

    Rep. Bachmann terrifies me like the Naked Cowboy terrifies you, and she's a mainstream candidate. 

    I already know who I'm voting for anyway, and it's definitely not her. She's nuts. 

    Oh, and How do you feel about politics?
    I love politics, it's part of what makes me love living in America.

    do you research candidates or just vote with your party?
    I research candidates both in and out of my party. When I vote for judges, I even look up their decisions.

    Do you think that military service should be a requirement for the President?
    NO. The President is supposed to be a civilian leader of the military. I like when the President has some service, but the recent past has proven to me that it's not the most important thing, and under no circumstance should it be a prerequisite. I care a lot more about the Secretary of Defense's credentials than the President's when it comes to that.

    If you could change anything about the election process, what would it be?
    Enh, I would look really hard at the electoral college, tightening advertising rules for PACs, and making McCain-Feingold actually mean a lot more.
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  • edited December 2011
    I love politics and being raised a military brat with a gay mom, I'm both conservative and liberal, lol. BUT

    If Palin becomes president, I'm moving to Canada. End of story for me.
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    I'm voting Stan for President!!
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  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    I have a feeling Sami, that's not a vote most people on this board would cast. my favorite POTUS is Truman, and I fall pretty well in line with him. Well, if he evolved into a fairly socially Liberal 21st century guy. Im socially and economically quite liberal, but I'm a national security/foreign policy hawk. like my man Harry S. I support the intervention in Libya, and in general believe that Europe will always shy away from foreign intervention, which is to their detriment, but means more falls on our shoulders. I love Europe, but in general, I find their pacifist tendancies quite troubling. I'm not all psyched to go to war, because I think service members should always be put in danger as a last, post-diplomatic resort, but believe it to be very necessary more often than we're willing to admit.
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  • edited December 2011
    Stan, I'm pretty much on par with you in regards to everything you stated. I'm SUPER human rights oriented, so extremely liberal there.. But I'm still a military girl  when it comes to foreign policy. :P
  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    FTL, have you read A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power? I read it while I was in Europe, and it is one of the things that made me such a military/IR hawk. And it's what made me vote for the President rather than Secretary Clinton. Knowing that she was as involved in President Clinton's administration as she was, and thus was fairly involved in the decision to ignore General Dallaire and the OTG situation in Rwanda because it wasn't a political neccessity to pay attention to 800,000 Africans being killed (mostly be machete) in 100 days is unconscionable (and a major reason I am NOT the fan of President Clinton that most of my people are), and I never even entertained voting for her because of that. Luckily, she didn't win the nomination and I didn't have to worry about putting my disappointment with her behind all my other policy beliefs and voting for her anyway.
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  • edited December 2011
    Yeah, that is one of the FEW books I have read actually! (I'm not much of a reader... Not that I don't enjoy it... I'm just the worst at picking out books and become very discouraged when I pick that crappiest one out there lol)
    As much as I appreciate the positive foreign relations Clinton (H) creates/sustains (via smiling and shaking hands.. ), I'm definitely thankful she is not the President.
     
    ALTHOUGH, I will say that I'm glad we have been involved with Libya without rolling in and setting up temp bases there. I think we would have spread ourselves far far too thin during this time (although, had we already been done with Iraq or Afghanistan, I would be preaching a different story). For that, I'm thankful McCain isn't President (although I really like the guy). It's very passive of us that all we are/were doing is controlling the airspace, but honestly... I think we just don't have the man power right now between domestic issues, Japan aiding, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, etc....etc.................. etc................. lol
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    Hey there- LOVE Samantha Powers and her work "A Problem from Hell." May I ask for what class you were reading it or was it because of interest on the subject? Michael, my fiance is a Marine at TBS right now and in the paper it was announced that there is going to be a special task force of the Marines for fighting genocide.  I'm a Holocaust and Genocide historian and truly believe the only way to completely stop active genocide is through military intervention like we did in Bosnia.  If you want more books on the topic I can give you a list :) 
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