What distresses me most about this campaign is just how polarized it has become. In past elections, it was generally understood that you had to at least make some move toward the middle to be successful in the general election.
In this election, there seems to be a concentrated effort to be as extreme as possible. All the candidates claim they are the one to unite and bring people together, yet they've polarized the electorate like none before them.
So, as a challenge to skeptics, who ought to know that neither the world nor politics can be described in perfect terms of black and white, I'm asking you to state what it is about your particular top pick for President of the U.S. that you dislike, or like the least. It's an acknowledgment that none of us are perfect; that even the best have personal or philosophical flaws. That in order to bring people together, no one can cast the first stone when they are not without fault.
A variation of this question has been asked of all the candidates at the debate, but of course none of them answered honestly (go figure...) It should be easier for you to identify their weaknesses.
I'll start out. My pick for POTUS has been/is Bernie Sanders. He is the only one who I think correctly focuses on the problem of wealth disparity.
However, I am not convinced by the entirety of his socialist agenda. I do not think that throwing a lot of public money at a problem is the best way to solve it. Having worked in government positions for much of my life, I can personally attest to how inefficient government can be. When a massive bureaucracy takes control over any program, without competition or profit motive, innovation and improvement often take a back seat to bureaucrats securing their own political or financial future. In this respect, I sympathize with the conservative principle of cutting waste in government; streamlining rather than expanding. I think Sander's socialist label is clearly the biggest obstacle he has to securing a wide majority of votes needed for nomination.
Your turn!:)
In this election, there seems to be a concentrated effort to be as extreme as possible. All the candidates claim they are the one to unite and bring people together, yet they've polarized the electorate like none before them.
So, as a challenge to skeptics, who ought to know that neither the world nor politics can be described in perfect terms of black and white, I'm asking you to state what it is about your particular top pick for President of the U.S. that you dislike, or like the least. It's an acknowledgment that none of us are perfect; that even the best have personal or philosophical flaws. That in order to bring people together, no one can cast the first stone when they are not without fault.
A variation of this question has been asked of all the candidates at the debate, but of course none of them answered honestly (go figure...) It should be easier for you to identify their weaknesses.
I'll start out. My pick for POTUS has been/is Bernie Sanders. He is the only one who I think correctly focuses on the problem of wealth disparity.
However, I am not convinced by the entirety of his socialist agenda. I do not think that throwing a lot of public money at a problem is the best way to solve it. Having worked in government positions for much of my life, I can personally attest to how inefficient government can be. When a massive bureaucracy takes control over any program, without competition or profit motive, innovation and improvement often take a back seat to bureaucrats securing their own political or financial future. In this respect, I sympathize with the conservative principle of cutting waste in government; streamlining rather than expanding. I think Sander's socialist label is clearly the biggest obstacle he has to securing a wide majority of votes needed for nomination.
Your turn!:)
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