Has Trump Gone Too Far?

[Bengalzona]

(08-08-2016, 08:33 PM)Benton Wrote:

That's a jump. It's not that they won't do it, it's that there's competition for it. Well funded competition for guy's who stand to make a lot.

Candidate A: Qualified, dedicated, has a background that provides him with a litany of things and ways to fix them. And he does it for little to no money.

Candidate B: Qualified, personable and has a giant campaign contribution list.

Who gets elected?

There's a lot involved in why elections are screwed up. Campaign finance and career politicians share a near equal amount of the blame. After all, as someone very intelligent once said,



Which I agree with, but it's not enough to take out the financing and contributions because — as I said earlier — you can't ever take out all of it. You can't take out indirect benefits. So you have to look at ways to change the system to encourage less participation by those only looking at padding their bank account. Just changing the way they get bribed does nothing to encourage participation by people who don't feel like thy have a chance at winning.

We have an interesting race for Maricopa County Sheriff's Office out here. The seven-time incumbent is "Sheriff Joe" Arpaio, nationally known for his pro-right ideologies. Sheriff Joe's warchest for the current election? Ten million... 83% of that from outside the state. The warchest for his Republican challenger in the primary? Thirty grand. His Democrat challenger in the main election, Penzone, is reported to have approximately one hundred and thirty grand.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/08/08/arpaio-raises-10m-tough-re-election-campaign/88400760/

For those people contributing to our local election from out of state, we'd like to say a big "F**k you". Penzone currently leads in the polling 45% to 42%. People like myself who formerly voted for Arpaio are turning away from him because of the outside influences. This is a local election, folks. If you want Sheriff Joe for a bigger office, take him. We are tired of him grandstanding for national issues to the detriment of his local office. Sheriff Joe was recently found in contempt of court for violating orders regarding a long-standing racial profiling case.