Democrat Convention Thread

[Millhouse]

(07-28-2016, 05:12 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Let me add.  You guys have a preference for how you want elections run, but it's just that.  A preference.  To step on people's right of free speech, you have to have some sort of empirical evidence that your way is in fact better.  Believe it or not, there are millions of people who believe that Hillary is the best person and there are millions of people who believe that Trump is the best person.  The system works just fine for them.  Tens of millions of people thought and think Obama is great.  The  system worked just fine for them.

What you referred to earlier is basically pacs & superpacs. The issue with superpacs is they can take any amount of money and use it for or against a candidate, as long as they are not directly involved with the campaign itself. And the issue of that is this where big money from corporate murica, oil, alcohol, tobacco, guns, unions, billionaires, millionaires, to whatever can have unlimited amount of influence on an election. 

You mentioned you will vote for Garys Johnson, but these superpacs would bury him with their ads & influence if he ever became a legitimate threat to their big money interests. And if he cant get any superpacs of his own, he will never stand a chance on the modern presidential election stage. I dont know about you, but I dont think this current system as of today is fair to him or anyone else who might actually be the best choice.