I don't and will never vote! Mwa-ha-ha!

[Mitera Nikkou]

Warning: Not for faint ears or something like that.

I more or less share my sentiments with these.

[Zoey]

That guy has a point there.
If you vote for some guy and he screw things up. You have no rigth to complain.

[Stellar]

Enjoyable.

I approve the viewing of this =)

I only have one objection. I plan on voting in the next election to make sure that the guy that gets into office will be the lesser of two evils.

Thank you.

[Tala]

those who don't vote but are able to cannot not whine about who got elected. same goes for those who voted for the person who won. the people who voted for the other one and those(like me) who are to young to vote can whine.

[Raleigh]

Meh, I want to do an experiment, I think you would call it, with the popular vote for the next presidential election. I doubt my plan will spread enough to make a sufficient mockery of this system as I would like though.

[Mitera Nikkou]

I'd like to run for president, but there's this silly condition about being at least thirty-five years-of-age. As if age determines intelligence and competency...

[Mistress Guendolen]

It's more a matter of proof of experience, actually. Life experience as well as political. I know I wouldn't want most of the people in my age bracket running the country....

[Mitera Nikkou]

But age doesn't determine anything. It only allows the potential for someone to gain enough experience before that amount of time. There are people who are capable of being a president before the age of thirty. That's how it should be based: upon experience and education.

[Mistress Guendolen]

That's why they have the age limit, though- to give you the chance to get the experience! Let's face it, most people don't run for political office of even a local nature as soon as they legally can. It takes a few years to get into that on a serious level. This gives a person a chance to get experience on different levels of administration under their belt before they run for the big one. Someone may have raw talent, but you need the years to shape and develop it. Not to mention that holding political office involves a lot of complications that most of us have no idea about. Me, I'd rather err on the side of caution and have the extra years to learn the skillful maneuvering and what not. It's not perfect, to be sure, but few things are.

[Mitera Nikkou]

But I'd be a good president right now. And render reality moot while I'm at it. XD

[Mistress Guendolen]

How so? Tell me about your platform, and I'll say whether or not I agree with you. Besides, you may have ideas, but what about the practical side of things? Do you know how administration and law-making work? How to deal with potentially volatile foreign powers, and for that matter, manage international affairs? These are delicate issues, and they need practice and training to handle appropriately.

[Mitera Nikkou]

My platform will be on the soles of my shoes and I'll have a magic wand to make everything else work out. Or I'll have a Staples' Easy Button. ;p

My platform, to be serious, would consist of being an ordinary person. I'd dress informally, be modest about my abilities, and make my main focus improving the country so the country can actually manage to do what it sets out to do internationally. My ideals aside, I'd focus on fixing and refurbishing what we already have.

As far as the practical side of things, it shouldn't be hard to learn all that a president can and can't do, that I don't already know as a law-abiding citizen. And I'm pretty sure that I could handle all of the international issues and affairs better than Bush, with my eyes closed. ;p Other than that, a president isn't expected to be good at many things, which is why he has so many people that advise him in practically every field imaginable, that's required. I'd think that the president should, at least, have a good head on their shoulders, and not try to act as if a dictator, as if they're always right and others' opinions are wrong.

I probably wouldn't have a chance in Hell, but at least I'd be keeping it real. I'd kill myself before I ended up like one of those stiffs in the government. I don't know how anyone can vote for them, much less place any faith in them. Bleh.

[Mistress Guendolen]

Hm I have to say thar ordinariness is both good and bad. We've had politicians try to pull the "I'm a regular guy" routine before. So people might be cynical about it and assume it's posturing instead of you just being who you are. Though if you can convince people of the sincierty of it, it might work.... Even if you'd need to argue points and have positions on pertinent issues and so forth as well, to add substance to the image. I can't comment on the plans because "making the country better" is very vague. I will concede that many ordinary people could manage international relations better than Bush has, yes. Sad, seeing him in office.... Thus, proof that sometimes even with years you don't always get actual abilities out of it. Sad.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Well, I could learn the specifics from the experts so I can understand what kind of choices I have and which would be practical courses to take in bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. America has a lot of resources, it's just a matter of having the will to do it. The problem with that, is that the will of the mind can't often be expressed except through another medium and, most of the time, in particular, that medium would be money. But many of the significant money-holders are practically independent entities with no obligations to the country, and I doubt that it'd be easy to convince them to lend a hand, since they're more interested in stockpiling more money than they need. They tend to just squeeze out a mere drop to look good every here and there. It's such a shame that people have become dependent on their services. They take more than they give, and it shows.

If I can ever get my invention made and all that, I think that that will not only raise my chance of becoming a president, but it'd greatly help the country as well (and other countries ). There are a lot of things that I'd like to do in order to improve the environment, both for people and for ecosystems and the like. But, since the required age is so far away, I'm too distracted to see what good it would do me to prepare now when things can drastically change by the time I'm of age to run for president.

[Stellar]

Um >.> I didn't read all of your lengthy posts, but mainly what I wanna mention is that America's founders didn't create the 35 and over rule for political experience. There really wasn't any way to make politics a career back then, I think the main purpose of the age requirement is life experience. At age 20-25 lets face it, we may think we have good skills for the position, but you're not just a leader of the country, you have know how to talk with the leaders of other contries, handle desperate situations (9/11 for example), and nowdays, know how to please the public to even get to the point of being a candidate.