My Vote is for sale!

[Benton]

(08-10-2016, 01:19 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Not because I like him or think he'll do the best job for president, but rather because with my vote for Trump, I'm sending a message to Washington that I'm fed up with the current state of politics here in America.

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Please don't tell me not to vote for Trump and why, because the whole point of this thread is that I want to vote FOR someone. 

Well. No, I'm going to anyway.



Not why you shouldn't vote for Trump. I honestly think everyone should vote for the candidate that reflects their values the most. If Trump's and yours are parallel, go for it.

But to the first line above, that's not the message that will be heard. The message that comes through is the same one that's guided our political landscape for 30ish years. If you want to get elected, you have to do three things: lie, spend the most and have an interesting personality. That's the message that's been sent since around the Reagan era.

Tell the people what they want to hear. And if they find out the truth, deflect it.

Spend gobs of cash slinging mud. You may not be the best candidate, but make sure everyone knows just how horrible the other guy is.

Play it up for the camera. It got JFK elected. And Reagan, Clinton, W, Barack. Have a beer, shoot some hoops, play the sax, tell some jokes. Policy? Who cares, just show them you're interesting. Nobody likes boring people like McCain or Dole — give them some excitement.

You want you vote to send a message that you're tired of the same old thing? Vote third party. You want your vote to continue the cycle of electing dishonest, morally bankrupt people that are fun, vote for Trump or Clinton.