Presidential election = an ugly spectator sport

Our democratic process, as currently practiced, has proven unsatisfactory to the great majority of Americans. Even with hopeful new signs of internet enabled participation, our national elections remain essentially poll-driven, mass media campaigns and little more than an ugly spectator sport, though one with enormous stakes.

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"Is this true," he asks with the most innocent expression of bewilderment?

I think our democratic process, as currently practiced, has proven unsatisfactory because Americans make their decision based upon matters that have little to do with a candidate's qualifications, and rarely upon informed logical process. So that's what politicians give them.

I really don't care if your logical process incorporates szindu gimmelsmerch so long as you examine the facts methodically with equal perspective. If you like a candidate because she espouses szindu that's fine. But do us all a favor and check it out. That candidate may have made reference to szindu based upon a staff prepared speech and otherwise wouldn't know what kind of broad-leafed weed that might be. Check if other candidates espouse szindu.

For goodness sake, don't choose the dimpled chinned yachtboy turned serious crusader because he's got beautiful blue eyes. Of course you wouldn't. But add up enough of these incidental 'likes and dislikes' and you have a predisposition.

When it comes to the 'warm and fuzzy' approach to selecting a president, I try to imagine the candidate, sitting in a conference room deep beneath some granite mountain before a keyboard and a screen that says

Click Here to start global nuclear apocalypse.
Chasque aquí para comenzar apocalypse nuclear global.

I favor a bill that restricts voting in an election to those who can reasonably answer correctly a quiz on the educational qualifications of each candidate. High School, college, major study.

Which candidate was educated and practiced as a gynecologist?

Sitting between the outspread legs of women all day hardly compares to staring into a computer screen prepared to launch nuclear missiles at the touch of a mouse click...no matter how often you do it in either case. So what are the qualifications? Sparse guidance is given by our forefathers.

What qualifies a person to serve as president to a nation such as ours in these times and conditions?

Ask those questions!