Trump and Sanders should hop into bed together

[columbus]

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump seem to have little in common besides their gender and skin tone.

But they have something far more important in common than that. They are both riding a crest of popularity based on the disgust most of us hold for the supposedly "two party" Demopublicans/Republicrats.
If the two of them decided to "give Washington DC an enema", they could do it. Between them, they have the voting majority needed to oust Clinton and Bush and all the other corporate politicians who are currently running the USA.
I would vote for a ticket that included The Donald, if it also included Bernie. I wouldn't even care if it was Trump-Sanders or Sanders-Trump! Just not the usual crap I am expected to choose from.

Even better would be a parliamentarian system, where I could vote for whoever best represented my views. But first lets blow up the "two party system".
Tom

 

[dust1n]

That's basically the one way to guarantee that I wouldn't vote for Sanders.

 

[YmirGF]

I think it is more than a bit of a stretch to imagine they would agree on practically anything, let alone to be on the same ticket. Can you imagine Trump accepting a VP slot or Trump picking Bernie as his running mate? I still say that the Bern has zero chance of snagging the nomination and therefore no chance of ever being president - fortunately.

*falls off chair with laughter*

 

[columbus]

That's basically the one way to guarantee that I wouldn't vote for Sanders.

Why?
Why would you choose Rubio or Cruz, with whoever their VP is, rather than a massive shift in USA politics? Why would you vote for a "Republican as usual", rather than a political ticket that would rock the world.

If Sanders and Trump took advantage of the disgust most USonian people hold for the government, instead of fighting to be the republicrat with the most corporate support, we could change some things.

EFF Clinton. EFF whoever the RNC find most convenient(to be determined).
Vote for something else.
And not just a throwaway vote for a candidate from the greens or libertarians who won't accomplish anything that I can't do.
Tom

 

[Draka]

The whole thing sounds ridiculous to be frank. All that would do is turn their followers against them. They are too opposed.

 

[dust1n]

Why?
Why would you choose Rubio or Cruz, with whoever their VP is, rather than a massive shift in USA politics? Why would you vote for a "Republican as usual", rather than a political ticket that would rock the world.

If Sanders and Trump took advantage of the disgust most USonian people hold for the government, instead of fighting to be the republicrat with the most corporate support, we could change some things.

Either arrangement would be the very definition of disillusioniment. I'd sale all but me MIDI guitar and synthesizer, and leave America.

EFF Clinton. EFF whoever the RNC find most convenient(to be determined).
Vote for something else.
And not just a throwaway vote for a candidate from the greens or libertarians who won't accomplish anything that I can't do.
Tom

I am voting for Sanders already. I don't need Trump muckin' things about.

 

[Revoltingest]

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump seem to have little in common besides their gender and skin tone.

But they have something far more important in common than that. They are both riding a crest of popularity based on the disgust most of us hold for the supposedly "two party" Demopublicans/Republicrats.
If the two of them decided to "give Washington DC an enema", they could do it. Between them, they have the voting majority needed to oust Clinton and Bush and all the other corporate politicians who are currently running the USA.
I would vote for a ticket that included The Donald, if it also included Bernie. I wouldn't even care if it was Trump-Sanders or Sanders-Trump! Just not the usual crap I am expected to choose from.

Even better would be a parliamentarian system, where I could vote for whoever best represented my views. But first lets blow up the "two party system".
Tom

Better they win than Hillary.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

This election would have a great one for more than two parties to be running. It might also make for interesting campaigns as well, with Clinton and Sanders battling for the left and moderator votes and Trump and whoever [realistically probably nobody] competing for right and moderator voters. I doubt Trump or any other Republican could have been Clinton or Sanders in such a situation, but nevertheless the voter turnout would probably be huge. I may even end up waiting awhile at the small rural village church where I vote.

 

[Draka]

Vote for something else.
And not just a throwaway vote for a candidate from the greens or libertarians who won't accomplish anything that I can't do.
Tom

Wanted to come back and address this little part here. You do realize, don't you, that the only reason that voting for a third party is looked at as a "throwaway" vote is that people actually believe that. That is, they are led to believe that.

Truth is, there are more people in this country that do not consider themselves Dem or Pub than do. Unfortunately, it is this insane idea that is media driven, that a candidate must be a Dem or a Pub to win and voting for anything else is a wasted vote.

Now, if people just simply decided to vote for the candidate they truly wanted, regardless of party, you have any idea how that could change the landscape of our political system? If the media gave equal coverage to ALL candidates regardless of party. If people who don't vote at all because they think their vote doesn't matter actually voted. Holy crap...our country's political status could change with just one election.

That can't ever happen though if people continue to just think that not voting for one of the two machines is "throwing away" their vote. Voting for someone you don't truly want but feel you have no choice not to is throwing away your vote. Not voting at all is throwing away your vote. But voting for a third party candidate is actually voting the way it should be and is never a throwaway vote.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Wanted to come back and address this little part here. You do realize, don't you, that the only reason that voting for a third party is looked at as a "throwaway" vote is that people actually believe that. That is, the are led to believe that.

Your post is very true. If all eligible voters voted, there would be a radical paradigm shift in politics, especially all those who are disenfranchised and tired of it all voted third party. It's not likely many Ds or Rs would survive. We may even get meaning election reform so the Ds and Rs can't take back over so easily with gerrymandering or political campaign donors, and we may see a serious effort to even rid ourselves of the Electoral College and erasure of the heavy (and expensive) burdens faced by third party candidates.

 

[Draka]

Your post is very true. If all eligible voters voted, there would be a radical paradigm shift in politics, especially all those who are disenfranchised and tired of it all voted third party. It's not likely many Ds or Rs would survive. We may even get meaning election reform so the Ds and Rs can't take back over so easily with gerrymandering or political campaign donors, and we may see a serious effort to even rid ourselves of the Electoral College and erasure of the heavy (and expensive) burdens faced by third party candidates.

And it's not just the people that don't vote, it's the people who do who neither consider themselves really Dem or Pub. a large portion of our populace that do vote are neither party but still vote one of those two parties because it just appears to be the choices given to them. So many people are just either not that informed about third party platforms or they are just led to believe "they can't ever win". If that mindset was chucked, if the idea that they can't win were ignored then...they actually could win some elections.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

And it's not just the people that don't vote, it's the people who do who neither consider themselves really Dem or Pub. a large portion of our populace that do vote are neither party but still vote one of those two parties because it just appears to be the choices given to them. So many people are just either not that informed about third party platforms or they are just led to believe "they can't ever win". If that mindset was chucked, if the idea that they can't win were ignored then...they actually could win some elections.

Very true. It just shouldn't be that when you vote third party your only expectation is guessing how few votes that candidate gets. People obviously just cannot be too pissed at the government or they wouldn't keep electing Ds and Rs to office. They may love to hate it, but they don't hate it.

 

[Sunstone]

To see Trump and Sanders as compatible would seem shallow.