I am a Democrat and as a person who leans to the left I am struggling with whom to support for my party’s nomination. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in primary season trying to win the number of delegates to advance to face whoever the GOP is going to put up and that race is looking like a battle royale.
I am paying close attention to both and trying to figure out who would be the best person for the job. Both of them want the same things but with different policies and ideas. I believe its time for a woman to be president however I like Bernie’s ideas. Deciding on who to support will take a little more time. Maybe by “Super Tuesday” I will know or by then the clear candidate will be known.
Donald Trump is running for president of the United States. He said that we should ban Muslims from entering the United States temporarily until the government gets its act together…. Well Mr. Trump is 100% wrong and his words are racist and un-American. He along with many in the country are buying into fear and that is not what we are about. I believe in better angels and the diversity of this nation. Let’s do better and be better. I call on people to register to vote to keep our country strong and progressive for all people of all genders, creeds, faith and orientations. Let real freedom ring for all to sing. Mr. Trump, shame on you and God have mercy on your soul.
We have about 500 days until the next presidential election in November 2016. My wife pointed out last night its going to be a very long journey with loads of talk of politics on both sides of the aisle and perhaps some mud slinging. Facebook is going to be one of the worst places to see all the talk about what the candidates are doing and what they are saying. Avoiding Facebook all together is tough for some folks. I am thinking that we will be seeking a refuge from it all online. Perhaps some folks will just take a cyber sabbatical and find other things to do.
I can be political as the next guy but this will be ugly early. We will see the candidates saying things about each other than saying something about themselves. My thought is this really long campaign season will not be in the best interest of the electorate. We will all have some fatigue about the whole process and will be ready to move onto something new.
We might have 25 candidates before its all said and done so that will be a battle royal to see who survives it all. I suppose the only thing we can do is to grin and bear it. It just seems like 2012 was yesterday.
(From BBC News) Millions of people will be casting their votes in the UK general election later.
Polls open at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the country.
A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote.
As well as the general election, there are more than 9,000 council seats being contested across 279 English local authorities.
One of these people will become Prime Minister. The main three names include the incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Milliband. The race is tight and it could be another coalition government ahead. Lets see what happens. Get your tea and scones ready.
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