Thus far, there are three candidates whose parties have voted for them to be on the ballot in November. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Gary Johnson represent respectively the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties. The primary elections are fundamentally ended despite a last primary this coming Tuesday in Washington, D.C. for the Democrats.
Rather than discuss the merits of each candidate, since each are apparently full of character flaws, handicaps in decisions and speeches, that I find it unnecessary to even get too excited about this election until after the convention and the onslaught of debates if there are any. Gary Johnson would like to be included but apparently, there is a polling problem for him to meet if he is able to get on the stage at all.
He is the most unlikely candidate but he has made personal appearances on the talk shows whose main goal is to fit their hours with as much dialogue as they can about each and every candidate. He is the CEO of his own marijuana company which he is now ready to abandon for the job of the presidency if he were to win it. HaHa Ha! Not a chance for him at all.
As time passes I will list all the positives and negatives about each of the candidates, but I am certain that the internet is filled with advertising on each one that will make most voters gag by the end of this election. Already, we know more than we should about each one, and I do not really like the tenor of the talk shows at all.
I wil just say that Hillary is not a piece of furniture to be treated with kid gloves but some of the media are very patronizing and condescending towards her as the first female to win her parties nomination. It does look as though many in her party are unhappy with her candidacy so have switched to either Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders in their frustration and disgust at the prospect of a Clinton Dynasty. Little girl from Arkansas trying to fill her husband's shoes is a bit too much for most people.
On the other hand, Donald Trump has most of the former elected officials in the Republican party embarrassed that their Grand Old Party prefers a business realtor to all the namely pamby senators, governors, and business woman and medical doctor in their contest. Sour grapes is making the GOP look like a bunch of sad sack losers when they cannot embrace the man who the people dote on so much. Donald Trump has a following of a mixture of GOP, disgruntled Democrats, and Independents to make an evangelical meeting envious of the crowds he draws.
Issue wise, it is an easy choice. You either want a third term of the Barack Obama hang loose, you silly goose presidency or you want change from it. Somehow the slogan of Hawaii has made even that pretty island chain look bad when accomplished the way Barack Obama has done it. Of course, I am biased against open borders and lawlessness as practiced by the big bad Barack Obama.
It will be a long contest. Mostly, it will ruin t.v. lovers who like to watch the summer programs when political ads pop up to annoy us with either how wonderful or how dreadful a candidate may be.
I am thinking about finding a place somewhere in the world to escape all this tomfoolery.
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