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In reply to the discussion: Biden says he 'would have beaten Trump' but withdrew to unify Democrats [View all]SWBTATTReg
(24,635 posts)year (the autopsy) are allowed but this endless beating up of us isn't helping ourselves. Is there really any realistic analysis going on out there, w/ regards to the 2024 election? I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised, since it seems like there are a million people sitting at home on their couches (including me, of course!), etc., analyzing the results, outcomes, and what's to come, unpleasant as it probably going to be.
Who in truth really knows 100% of what's going to happen, really?
Some meager thoughts of mine (all mine, and perhaps matching other thoughts already expressed out there).
-I think our nomination process got messed up, and we ended up w/ the crazy slew of two candidates for the democratic nomination for president in 2024. I still think that this whole process was messed up somehow, that we should have caught this upfront somehow, and not go through such a screwy process of switching candidates during the process, I am not saying that Pres. Biden or Kamala were defective candidates, they were both excellent people, on top of their game IMHO. I just feel that somehow, we should have done this whole thing better. I know, I know, how many times has this switching of candidates happen in the past?
Vast amounts of money distorted this election, when you have a $billionaire throwing tons of money at the election. THIS IS WRONG.
We must do something about this, or are the powers that be, saying that unless you have a $billion dollars or more, don't bother to run for president of the US or any other high level government office. Crap, we might as well put each and every position up for auction (and take it out of the election process).
The one who wins that particular office at auction (among many offices) takes their position, and then the whole cycle starts over for the next position in being auctioned, e.g., the VP slot, and so forth. Start the auction bids at a minimum of $1 billion dollars for the office of the President, along w/ the other offices starting at lower prices. Why not? We, as taxpayers might as well bring in needed funds and this is one way of doing it, and it's our offices that we are auctioning off the rights (four-year limit) to those offices (as taxpayers). The only ones I'm seeing win at these expensive elections are those that are selling the election campaign materials, at a billion dollars or more, per candidate. Why give the money to these companies? It's our asset (supposedly) that American taxpayers/American voters own. No one else does (in theory).
Ahhhh, I guess we are stuck w/ this system of government, one that is supposedly for the people, but somehow, this isn't true (IMHO) anymore. It's those w/ the money and that's it.