2012 ELECTION

[IMaDick]

I sound like I think everyone is stupid. I really don't. Just that I think people focus on the wrong things a lot and we end up with unqualified people making decisions that affect many.

Which is pretty much what we live with now.

we elect politicians, we elect movie stars,we elect rich do nothing nobodies and then wonder why we get screwed.

the elite work for the elite it's as simple as that.

the elite became the elite on the backs of the middle class and that is where they want to stay.

if you want a middle class president elect a middle class person as president

Well, yeah. But, there are smart middle class people who are responsible and make good decisions. Then there are seat-of-your-pants middle class people who can be more charming and attention-grabbing but make poor decisions. Narrowing the pool down to those in the former category makes sense, to me.

In any event, I agree that it's past time to make reforms allowing the non-rich to throw their hats in the ring. Cap the campaign spending. Screen the candidates for qualifications so there aren't thousands of unqualified people petitioning for candidacy, etc...

Our Constitution does the screening, it makes anyone elgibile who is 35 and over and a natural born citizen of this country, the people do the vetting and that's as it should be.

we also no longer need the electoral college we have the ability to vote from our living rooms one man one vote.