I think my father's WWII experience and the experience of growing up in the great depression molded his stances as Vietnam and the civil rights movement molded mine ......the media has overwhelmed most adults thinking process across the board....big reason I shut off the TV long ago..I've said before we need an election campaign that lasts 6 weeks...vote ...done...like most countries do....ours is tied to TV ratings and burns out candidates before they're sworn into office in my view..
The other thing this country needs to do is get rid of the four year presidential term, along with the possibility of a second term. All these idiots do during their first term is run for a second term, so the focus isn't on the country's needs and issues, it's on raising money and trashing the opposition. We should make it a single six year term, with no reelection allowed. I'd like to think this would sharpen a president's attention on working for the country. If they weren't worried about reelection, maybe they'd be more open to taking some risks and making decisions that actually produce a positive result for all the people they represent (whether all those people voted for them or not). Right now, the first four years is pretty much wasted, and if they don't get reelected the country has to start all over again with someone new learning the ropes. 241 years in, it's time to adjust to the current realities instead of continuing to live in the eighteenth century......
but you do have a Betty White fetish, right?
another great band name!
