The primary issue should be the following:
why are most American voters so monumentally stupid (politics-wise)?
Clearly both candidates are pathetic in the extremis and offer nothing but negatives to America's future.
Welcome to the Mexican soap opera we call American politics.
What SHOULD BE the primary issue of the 2012 Presidential election?
- Healthcare
- Jobs / Economy
- Immigration
- Social Issues (i.e.; abortion, gay issues, etc.)
- Foreign Policy (includes "war on terror", etc.)
- Character
- Other
What will be, and what should be, may end up being the same. Time will tell.
Guatemala.Wonder what kinda soap opera Mexican politics resembles in that case.
The President can take a stance on it and call for legislation but he can't just do it. We are electing a President in a democracy, not a dictator in a totalitarian state.
Surely you realize by working towards fixing the economy, we allow more innovation which could permit more "green" technology - the same technology you seem to long for so dearly.
I agree the POTUS can't reverse climate change. Perhaps not even humanity can now stop what has been set in motion. But there is a moral imperative to try because billions of lives are on the line. The press ignores the crisis and most politicians exhibit cowardice.
As to economics, I believe the main problems are political rather than purely economic. For example if we had fully funded federal elections and nonprofit news reporting about those elections, we would have a chance to drastically reduce corporate welfare and American imperialism, two of the biggest drains on the economy.
The press ignores the crisis? I hear and read stories daily about it.
It'd true that I see more stories in the summer. However, what I meant by ignoring the crisis was not a blackout of coverage, but rather the quality of the coverage. For a long time journalists have misreported the story by pretending there are two sides to the story. That is like the pretense that there are two sides on evolution. There is scientific consensus on both issues, outlier crackpots notwithstanding. This false coverage is why the public is not in complete agreement with the scientific community regarding climate change. And why the public doesn't understand the current state of scientific consensus:
"These generalizations are based on a series of Yale University studies over the last few years. According to Yale, Americans’ belief in global warming fell from 71 percent in November 2008 to just 57 percent in January 2010 but rebounded to 66 percent by this spring. The findings mirrored those of the National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change, which showed belief in global warming bouncing from 65 percent in 2009 to 52 percent in 2010 and back up to 62 percent this year.
What accounts for the rebound? It isn’t the economy, which has thawed only a little. And it doesn’t seem to be science: The percentage of respondents to the Yale survey who believe “most scientists think global warming is happening” is stuck at 35 percent, still way down from 48 percent four years ago. (The statement remains just as true now as it was then—it’s the public, not the scientists, that keeps changing its mind.)"
Global warming and the weather: Americans believe in climate change again
The biggest issue needs to be how best to restore the Bill of Rights.
Fat chance with either major candidate.
Gary Johnson would do it - but he has virtually no chance.
I am afraid it's worse then that...I honestly believe the average American voter does not have enough political common sense/courage to appreciate Gary Johnson (or Ron Paul).Gary Johnson doesn't have millions of dollars to buy TV time to play half truths and outright lies. How can he possibly win?
A true Libertarian, without a sizable number of Congress members to back them up, would be pretty ineffectual in office, anyway. Wouldn't necessarily have to be a majority, but at least a sizable minority.
To hear a few select liberal friends of mine tell it, the bully pulpit is overrated. The big bad Republicans constantly thwart all the rainbows and unicorns that Obama wants to shower us with.He'd still have the bully pulpit. I think we'd find a lot of libertarians among us if the philosophy were to be known for what it is.
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