Presidential race 2016

[Maggot]

I agree completely that there are some bad policies and practices on both sides of the aisle, Mags. And, the shaking that's going down has affected both parties, which is good.

But, I think in this particular election cycle, the Independent running as a Democrat and the established Democratic nominee have done a much better job addressing the problems, laying out and articulating solutions, and speaking intelligently to the American people than the Republican nominee.

Citizens United, the NRA strong-hold on established politicians, government attempts to interfere on people's choices when it comes to their bodies and the bedroom (often rationalized by the politicians'/party's religious beliefs), proposing unconstitutional policies, failure to acknowledge and address racial inequities, advocating policies that benefit the very wealthy at the expense of the rest, publicly spreading false claims and rhetoric and denying science..are some of the major political problems of concern to me and which I see as having been advocated/perpetuated primarily by the GOP.

All of that can be laid on Democrats depending on which side of the table you are on. Telling religious organizations that they must accept abortions, using racial inequality as a tool to create more dissent, pushing somewhat questionable science into taxable tools, pushing unprepared legislation under the guise of affordable insurance, paying terrorists ransom while telling parents not to do the same, instituting gambling casinos in the name of taxable benefits, commuter rail that becomes a never ending project that blows all margins of a budget. Allowing foreign refugees in, paying for their flights over without even asking if they are part of a terrorist organization to "speed up the process"

There's plenty of stupidity out there and its not so one sided. There is no way in hell everyone will be happy but forcing the majority to think like the minority is an uphill battle and will never happen.