Suggestive Satire

[mijan]

I'm not personally into pop-music boy bands, but this? This is totally worth watching. What happens when you take five chiseled young men in swimsuits, a scrap or two of musical talent, and politics? You get the group called "Full Frontal Freedom" calling out Romney for his general bullshit and demanding "full frontal disclosure

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[caera1996]

As much as I don't like Romney, I don't like Obama more. Maybe I'll just vote Independent this year.

[mijan]

There's a Libertarian that I agree with on almost every issue (except health care). Maybe check out the Libertarian candidate. I can't remember his name right now, though.

[caera1996]

I may. I feel almost feel like whatever it takes to get Obama out is the way to go, though, and an Independent or Libertarian vote is just a throwaway. We'll see.

Maybe I'll just move to New Zealand.

Agree with you about having no choice

[killpurakat]

You know, as odd as it is, just a few elections ago it felt like we had real choice... like the candidates weren't that bad (they had faults, but you could look past that long enough to research them).

Now...

I'm thinking the option "Give crazed PCP addict a machine gun in DC and just watch as the problem dwindles with each shell that hits the ground" should be included on the ballots. >:(

I heard Rosanne Barr was running for President a while ago and I laughed, but now that I've had time to think about it, she has claimed to have several personalities in her head. Chances are the most inept of them could do things better than either mainstream candidate.

Seriously, the Libertarian candidate is worth checking out, and if enough of us decide not to vote between "giant douche or turd sandwich" (to quote South Park from a few years ago), the system could change and provide candidates that aren't just idiots cut from different ends of the same course cloth that doesn't hold up to the modern needs of the people.

[syredronning]

Fun video!

Seen from Germany, most Republicans look super-palmface-right-wing-nutty even compared to the Bavarian CSU (Christian-Social Union) party which are our strongest conservatives. So from here, Obama looks always like the better choice.

But hey, the world loves Angela, even though most Germans think: "what the hell does she even do" - she'll likely win again nevertheless, because she also doesn't fail big way, and therefore the opponent won't be able to present a great alternative.

[mijan]

It always boggles me that Americans don't realize how insanely conservative our nation is compared to the rest of the western world. I don't know much of the details of German politics, but I'm not surprised that your "ultra-right-wing" folks seem liberal/sane compared to our Republicans. I know that even Canadian ultra-conservatives would generally find our Republicans to be rather crazy, and wouldn't let anyone take away their single-payer health care system except from their cold, dead fingers. It's REALLY funny to hear our right-wing folks scream against the "socialized medicine" of Obamacare, and then tell us that if the law isn't overturned, they'll move to Canada.

Yeah, I don't get it either.

[caera1996]

Most Republicans aren't crazy ultra-conservatives. It's those folks who just scream the loudest. Just like most Democrats aren't complete left-wing nut-jobs. They just make the most noise.

[mijan]

See, I believe that most voting Republicans are not crazy ultra-conservatives. The problem is that so many of the elected officials ARE, and/or they pander to the crazy ultra-conservatives. There used to be people who ran as moderate Republicans. I've even voted for some of them in the past. John Huntsman (who was eliminated as a presidential candidate very early in the race) is one of them. I could have voted for a guy like that, but he won't get elected because he's a moderate. Only the far-right candidates are getting elected anymore.

[lovingjtk]

This is the most effective and creative election campaign I had seen!!! God, how I wish to throw myself in that pool!!!!!!!!!!!!