Here we go again.
A slew of wannabe presidents have thrown their gloves in the ring to claim the presidential title.
A farcical version of the Amassing Race is now underway.
The candidates are indeed amassing obscene amounts of money to fuel this ridiculous contest.
My first objection to this masquerade is that this so-called race is far from being an even contest. It is merely a fight between lightweights and heavyweights, the weight in question being money.
In boxing, a lightweight would never be allowed to fight a heavyweight. It would be deemed unfair, unsportsmanlike. But in politics (where low blows are allowed, even encouraged) this rule strangely does not apply.
So our vaunted “democratic” elections are basically a rigged contest between Big Money versus Pauper Money.
In my modest opinion, every candidate should be allowed the same (small) budget to run his or her campaign and make do with it. No big donations would be permitted and the poisonous Political Action Committees would be outlawed.
Any money surplus should be used to shore up the Social Security and improve medical care.
Right now, we have on the right a pompadoured buffoon leading a pack of lemmings and on the Left deluded socialists fighting windmills. Pathetic!
I am a middle roader. I don’t care for extremes. I don’t care for polarization.
In a government, I want consensus. I don’t want to see our system deadlocked and paralyzed for months.
And I don’t want a warmongering president either; but on the other hand, I want a president with spine, and often women have shown more backbone (Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Malala Sousafzai, yes her too) than their male counterparts.
I don’t want a businessman for president either. These “captains of industry” have no idea what politics are all about. I want a poker faced Chess Grandmaster that can anticipate his opponents’ next twelve moves and have a parade ready for each of them.
As a matter of fact all candidates should know how to play chess. It should be an absolute prerequisite for those who want to the Oval Office.
My ideal candidate would be in the image of Teddy Roosevelt.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
“A proverb advising the tactic of caution and non-aggression, backed up by the ability to do violence if required.”
I want a president who is not going to show his hand in advance and who keeps his cards close to his chest.
Some women are excellent poker players and I would not mind at all having a gentlewoman as a chef and as a commander in chief.
But please spare me all this tired baloney (and money) about fair elections.
In November (close to the Day of the Dead), I will vote for the least objectionable (male, female or transgender) candidate.
A non-bombastic person who has truly the wellbeing of ALL (not just a few) Americans at heart.
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