Here's Who Will Be the Next President
Yes, I'm going to tell you who will be named President on November Fifth, or possibly sometime in December.
In a minute.
I hate politics, and yet I follow politics closely. Why? For the same reason I used to pay close attention to where my dog did his business in the yard: The results could really screw up my day. Also, in both cases the results always seem to stink.
Every election the left gets lefter, the right gets righter, and the people in the middle question why we're giving so much power to a two-party system. It seems like the only people who want to start new political parties are even more extreme than the ones already there.
Then they wonder why everyone's so angry.
We should all be reminded of a song that might as well be about the present situation:
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Most of the little people are regular and overall decent folk doing the best they can. The worst problem they have is hypocrisy: The other guy is ALL bad, and our guy is ALL good. They refuse to except that their candidate isn't perfect, and that the other candidate may (gasp!) have some good points. The opposition isn't just wrong: They're demons who eat children and kick dogs, or possibly the other way around.
The truth is, once they've achieved a certain level in their political climb, both sides tend to turn into crooks working not for the people, but for their parties. All you have to do is look at laws they pass that don't apply to them, perks they get that no one else does, and the way the system is designed to make their reelection almost a done deal.
Term limits? "Sure, everyone else should be voted out, but not my guy!"
The increased hatred of career politicians is what brought us Donald Trump. Love him or hate him, but pay attention.
Me, I don't like either candidate, although most of my political beliefs lean right of center. Some in the middle, a few left. Since I don't like any of the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates, it's a lot easier to think more in terms of policies and records. In that, there's suckage on both sides.
What am I looking for somebody in Washington to do? Show me how they will:
Seal our porous southern border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants and various bad guys, and get those who are already here out.
Make the process for legal immigration more streamlined and easier for the people who get in line.
Balance the budget and start doing something about the approaching firestorm otherwise known as Federal Debt.
On a related note, shrink the government (which could be accomplished by deleting every Federal function that directly conflicts with the Constitution. Remember that thing?)
Maintain a strong defense in the face of our new Cold War with the Chinese and other challenges, while also controlling waste and costs in the military, and boy did I just ask for the impossible. Nobody said it was easy.
Get tougher on crime ... including crime among politicians.
Find a way to make health care more affordable for everyone, without leaving the decisions in the hands of red tape bureaucrats in Washington.
There's more, and I may not have listed the more important ones, but you get the idea. I'm not looking for an argument, so don't bother: I'm just calling it as I see it. And speaking of that, our next President will be:
Kamala Harris.
Maybe I'd be more thrilled if she'd actually showed up for work in the last four years, but she has a lot of advantages. Being a Democrat, she naturally has the support of almost all of the mainstream media. She's already established as VP (which isn't as much of an advantage as you'd think: Only six have been elected to the highest office). She has the correct gender and skin color. True, some will vote against her because of this, but many more will vote for her because of it, regardless of other factors.
So Harris will win, Trump will protest, and life will go on. The size of government and the debt will continue to grow. The border situation will maybe get better, with so much light being shined on it. And everyone will continue hating everyone else.
And then it'll be 2028.
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I'm surprised you are adressing this subject this time, in the past you mostly held back on that before elections.
So you reckon it will be Harris? Logic would suggest that - but then, whats logical these days?
The US election systen, with the de facto 2 party election, is certainly not desirable. But on the other hand, more parties does not mean better politic. Germany is the living proof for that.
The only comforting though is, that it doesn't matter much which party or which president is in power. Because the real power is in the hands of entirely different people - and they dont need to be elected. If that can be called "comforting".
No ... not comforting! But true, especially in the last four years. One reason why people in Washington hate Trump is that they can't control him, which is also a big reason why many people like him. He never did much to beat down the bureaucracy, though.
I do an election column every four years, and I wasn't lying when I said my success rate is around 50%. I'm pretty confident this time, though: at the last minute the Democrats always seem to have a few boxes of ballots stowed away somewhere, just in case, and they pretty clearly intend to empower illegal immigrants to vote. I don't like most of the Democratic parties goals and policies--but neither party ever manages to get much done.
Also Trump is only a marionette, a 80 year old bag of hot air in love with himself. He was briefed what his role is already last time, I think I spoke about that already. No president is allowed to have own plans. May be the last one who did was Kennedy - but its only guess by me, I could be wrong.
Yeah, the "comforting" was meant sarcastic... who ever wins, it wont change a thing. And stability, isn't that what people want?
At least its what they tell the people here. Despite everything is going down hill, except for the prices. But if someone points that out, he is branded as a populist, neo nazi or simply a lunatic. And as such should not be allowed to take part in elections. Thats the modern democrathy model according to the established parties.
Man, we are so screwed...
I agree that we're screwed! I don't agree that Trump's being led around by the nose. The fact that he won't toe the line is EXACTLY why all the in-people in government and politics hate him so much. He's a loose cannon, which is both the danger and the advantage with him, and it's what attracted most of his supporters.
As for being in love with himself, there hasn't been a Presidential candidate who wasn't, at least not since Carter.
Of course he is an actor. Its what he does best - doing business is not his strongest side, as the record shows.
And if he would actually try to "drain the swamp", the next assassin aims 2 inches further right. Or he has a tragic accident, or something.
But of course its true that they are always like that. You wont get into that job if you are not an egomaniac.
However, Trump is showing it too deliberately, with his golden rooms and all that. Btw., did you hear about the "Swiss" watches he is selling now?
Well, in less than a week we'll know who made it. Not that it will be a good news, but at least this mess is over then. Well, lets hope so.
Pretty much everything I said would happen, didn't. There are some Democrats yelling "fraud", though, so we'll see.
I was actually not surprised that Trump won. Perhaps a little bit about how clear it was at the end.
The democrats just didn't have a convincing candidate, as usual. Beginning with the total desaster around Biden and then replacing him with Harris, who basically had no reputation at all.
What they need is someone with charisma, and less than 100 years old. But who that could be, I have no clue.
Anyway, for the next 4 years it will get interesting. But I expect less dramatic changes than some people predict. He is not the emperor of America, who can do what he wants. I spoke about this before. But here will be some turmoil for sure, in some respect. He may take back some treaties, that he had taken back in his 1st term, and that were reinstalled during the Biden reign. But I doubt he will touch the big things, like NATO, the Ukraine support, Israel and so on. Well, we'll see...
Yeah, Trump isn't nearly the danger to democracy he's made out to be--especially since he already had four years as President, and didn't do any of the awful things they've been predicting.
But it was the Democrat's race to win or lose, and they really fouled it up. Harris spent four years doing absolutely nothing; her one big job was border security, and there was none. If they'd removed Biden when his decreased mental capacity first became obvious, she'd have had time to build up a reputation; but I think the Democrat Party thought she'd just be an embarrassment, so why not sew up four years with her first?
The Dems need to draw back from their far-left leanings, and find someone with charm and brains, like Clinton. Not that he was a great human being, but he understood diplomacy.
I hope you're right...! I had always speculated on Bernie Sanders, but it never worked out. Harris seems good for a change and a breath of fresh air.
Well, I'm not her biggest fan ... but on the other hand, in recent years I haven't been ANYONE'S greatest fan!