Okay, perhaps I just have my panties in a wad over Texas (1/12 of the nation) not getting a primary until after everything is finished. But why do they do this primary thing week after week.
Here’s my idea: 1 primary day. Everybody votes. Get it over with.
Hell, we all vote on one Election day. Imagine if the elections were as piecemeal as the primary crap we have to endure. Get it over with, the next day everyone knows who’s gonna be on the ballot, and the other half-dozen wannabes can quit wasting money on TV attack ads that just won’t matter.
(Imagine if only a fraction of the money spent on Presidential campaigns went for something like, education. Or feeding hungry people. Oh, but that would be such a waste! Because thirty seconds of half-truths that everyone ignores on prime time tv isn’t wasted. At all)
Okay, I’ll stop now. If you’re in one of the 24 states voting today, you damn sure better go vote. By the time my turn comes around, it won’t matter anymore.
Exactly! I’m getting pissed that the “news coverage” tells half the people who aren’t voting for a few months that their vote won’t count then. Great system we have here.
Yeah, I’m pretty tired of this ‘system’. Last night when Hillary was on Letterman, she mentioned it too. Something about the country needing someone that knows how to ‘navigate the system’. Down with professional politicians. I’m all for reducing campaigning time, reducing the amount that can be spent, and reducing the amount of time people can serve. One case where I think increased turnover would be beneficial.