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It was the same thing in 1960 when JFK ran against Nixon.. Nothing has really changed and the president is elected much in the same way as Miss America.. Whoever is the most popular and best looking wins.. It has nothing to do with policy. Sadly we are a nation of idiots...
Remind me again, who was that actor who was president during the `80's? The guy who did that movie with a chimp?
Yep.. Can add him as well to the list. Ofcourse in his case the msm etc were not on his side when he first decided to run and tried relentlessly to take him out. Unfortunately they failed. Ofcourse the alternative we had at the time was even worse.
One can only hope we can overcome this but yeah.. The only way i see this ever happening is when people decide to say ENOUGH and turn off CNN/FOX/MSNBC and start doing their own research which is made so easy but ala ignored. EVERYTHING you could ever wanna know about most of these people can be found online. And no that doesn't mean or include those like huffypost/drudge or the other msm type websites that are about as worthless as MSNBC/FOX/CNN and thus nothing more then biased opinion pieces. People need to learn to start using the internet sorta like advertisers/Google/FB etc has. Very easy to do but ala people unfortunately are lazy.
I am sure we would all like to think we vote based on ideas and what is best for us and our country as we see it, but we are human and star power (not only looks I will add) does play a part in our thinking. it isn't just electing a President, it is in business, as well.
Freightshaker, I just want to add, you say we are a nation of idiots, don't you think people throughout the world elect their leaders pretty much the same?
Charisma is a stripper name. Voters are addicted to a stripper.
AAAAND next on stage... CHaaaarIIIIIIszmaaaa.
OK Gents, give a little money to this honey and put some greenery on the scenery...
Perhaps the GOP should run some strippers in the next election. They're entrepreneurial capitalists, they appeal to the GOP's core demographic of pasty middle-aged fat males, and at this point the GOP couldn't alienate anymore women. Perhaps they would have better results.
I am sure we would all like to think we vote based on ideas and what is best for us and our country as we see it, but we are human and star power (not only looks I will add) does play a part in our thinking. it isn't just electing a President, it is in business, as well.
Freightshaker, I just want to add, you say we are a nation of idiots, don't you think people throughout the world elect their leaders pretty much the same?
Actually yes I do, but that doesn't change the fact that the general population of this country are woefully uninfomed. Just because Argentina is filled with people who are uninformed, doesn't excuse the population of this country...
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