Build a candidate.

[David1967]

Ok, so people are looking at the different candidates from both sides trying to make a good decision on who to vote for. So just for fun lets say you could build your own candidate for president by taking the best (as you see it) from todays presidential candidates from both parties and put them together to make someone you would feel good about voting for. Who would you mix and match and what ideas of theirs would you bring to the table?

 

[Draka]

I don't need to mix and match to have a candidate I feel good about voting for. Already have one. Same one I voted for last time.

 

[David1967]

Just off the top of my head, I would say someone with the tenacity of Hillary Clinton with the likability of Marco Rubio. The financial experience of Donald Trump and the ideas for free community colleges and health care from Bernie Sanders. And throw in the tax idea of Mike Huckabee (I like the idea of a national sales tax to replace our current tax system). Anyway have fun and build your own candidate.

 

[Draka]

The financial experience of Trump? I'd have a hard time with that given he was given a lot of money from his father to start with and has declared bankruptcy more than once. He's not a great investor at all. In fact, if he had invested rather than taking the businesses risks he has he would be worth many billions more than he is.

 

[David1967]

I don't need to mix and match to have a candidate I feel good about voting for. Already have one. Same one I voted for last time.

The financial experience of Trump? I'd have a hard time with that given he was given a lot of money from his father to start with and has declared bankruptcy more than once. He's not a great investor at all. In fact, if he had invested rather than taking the businesses risks he has he would be worth many billions more than he is.

Darn, Back to the drawing board. I was just considering him on that from a business aspect. If the country finances are in the pit his business ventures are also negatively affected. So financially out of the lot of them who do you consider has the best financial abilities that would be of benefit to the country?

 

[Politesse]

Eh, I've got a candidate. Though I guess it wouldn't hurt if Bernie could conjure up a little gravitas, that doesn't really apply to his competitors either. Can he steal some from Obama? Or, you know, FDR?

And maybe some Native blood (and spirit flame) from the late Russell Means.

 

[Draka]

Darn, Back to the drawing board. I was just considering him on that from a business aspect. If the country finances are in the pit his business ventures are also negatively affected. So financially out of the lot of them who do you consider has the best financial abilities that would be of benefit to the country?

I don't believe one candidate must have all abilities to manage everything. I believe that the best candidate is the one most willing to seek out the best in their fields, get the best advice towards working upon their goals. So, just because a candidate may not have the personal experience with something themselves, as long as they have the humility to admit that and seek out those that would be a good team, that is all that matters. It's the ones that come in believing they already know so much that they don't need help, that they have the answers and can do it all themselves that are the ones that get us in trouble.

I support Jill Stein.

 

[Revoltingest]

I want....
- The politics of whoever gets the Libertarian nomination
- The inexorable entitlement of Hillary Clinton
- The money of The Donald
- The business experience of Willard Romney
- The dashing good looks of Jesse Ventura (in his younger days)

 

[David1967]

I don't believe one candidate must have all abilities to manage everything. I believe that the best candidate is the one most willing to seek out the best in their fields, get the best advice towards working upon their goals. So, just because a candidate may not have the personal experience with something themselves, as long as they have the humility to admit that and seek out those that would be a good team, that is all that matters. It's the ones that come in believing they already know so much that they don't need help, that they have the answers and can do it all themselves that are the ones that get us in trouble.

I support Jill Stein.

Cant argue with that. Who Is Jill Stein?

 

[Penumbra]

Ok, so people are looking at the different candidates from both sides trying to make a good decision on who to vote for. So just for fun lets say you could build your own candidate for president by taking the best (as you see it) from todays presidential candidates from both parties and put them together to make someone you would feel good about voting for. Who would you mix and match and what ideas of theirs would you bring to the table?

I'll go with Bernie Sanders.

 

[David1967]

[QthinkE="Revoltingest, post: 4539764, member: 22490"]I want....
- The politics of whoever gets the Libertarian nomination
- The inexorable entitlement of Hillary Clinton
- The money of The Donald
- The business experience of Willard Romney
- The dashing good looks of Jesse Ventura (in his younger days)[/QUOTE]
I think your choice in Romney is better than mine ofTrump on business. Well played sir.

 

[Politesse]

Cant argue with that. Who Is Jill Stein?

She was the Green candidate last election and this. Real class act, competent to a fault. Which, unfortunately, is a fatal flaw in US electoral politics. She got my vote in 2012.

 

[David1967]

ThanksOTE="Politesse, post: 4539805, member: 25180"]She was the Green candidate last year and this. Real class act, competent to a fault. Which, unfortunately, is a fatal flaw in US electoral politics. She got my vote in 2012.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Unfortunately there are probably many candidates we never hear from since to be heard at all you must be a part of either the dem or republican party. Personally I think third party candidates should be included in the debates. I would love to hear from them.

 

[Draka]

Thanks. Unfortunately there are probably many candidates we never hear from since to be heard at all you must be a part of either the dem or republican party. Personally I think third party candidates should be included in the debates. I would love to hear from them.

Jill has been working on that. Last election she and her running mate were arrested at one of the debates for just showing up basically. She showed up, and since they wouldn't let her in, the women sat outside the building in protest and were taken into custody. She is now leading the charge legally, via lawsuit, to open the debates to all eligible candidates.

 

[Politesse]

She and Ben Johnson had some nice, civil "third party" debates in the last election - still a pleasure to watch.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

My ideal candidate would bring a fine blend of communism and socialism to the political, economic, and social structures of societies. Corporations would have no power over us, we would work for our ends and the ends of our community and not the ends of a wealthy fat cat who doesn't care if we are exposed to deadly toxins in the process, a politician who would see to it that all would be educated as much as they want, would reign in on consumerism and excessive private property, and would enact policies so that everyone contributed as they can and receives as they need.

- The dashing good looks of Jesse Ventura (in his younger days)

I should go add that I can talk about pro-wrestling with an old guy to my list on thread about getting old. As well as my rural lacking of class in the other thread.

 

[Laika]

Can I get Jesus in the Republican Party Primary? Having a radical egalitarian middle eastern extremist who supports non-violence, free healthcare, redistrubtion of wealth and loving thy enemy would stir things up a bit. He can stand next to all the other would be messiahs and the hairpiece from hell.

Not my ideal candidate but sure to have some entertainment and spiritual value. it will take more than turning water into wine to solve america's problems but its a good place to start. Though sadly he will probably be assasinated live on television given US gun culture.

I'll get the pop corn.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Can I get Jesus in the Republican Party Primary?

All they'll do is crucify him again.

 

[David1967]

Jill has been working on that. Last election she and her running mate were arrested at one of the debates for just showing up basically. She showed up, and since they wouldn't let her in, the women sat outside the building in protest and were taken into custody. She is now leading the charge legally, via lawsuit, to open the debates to all eligible candidates.

What a shame. The powers that be have decided for us that we only have a choice between two parties that I suspect behind the scenes work with each other for their own interests.

 

[Draka]

What a shame. The powers that be have decided for us that we only have a choice between two parties that I suspect behind the scenes work with each other for their own interests.

Well, if you look at the finances of it all...you have two parties that take corporate funding, that are more likely to look out for the corporations that donate to them, and the large media companies are parts of those corporations aren't they? The media covers the two parties that will look out for them. The only time you see any real coverage of third parties is by independent media sources like some online only sites. You have to go looking for them. As long as major media has a horse in the race they are only going to cover the horses they have bets upon. Since most third party candidates can't be bought they aren't going to be covered. Why do you think Sanders isn't covered that much by mainstream media? Because he isn't taking money from them. If he wasn't running in the Dem party you likely wouldn't hear about him at all. Third parties are almost completely ignored. If the presidential debates were open to ALL eligible candidates you'd see a different kind of race, but you still probably wouldn't see as much coverage of third party candidates outside of the debates. We have a long way to go.