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evergreenyankee
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SomeRugbyGuy9
The next person to be the leader of the free world should not just simply go to the highest bidder.
megsovereasy
Unlike our current CiC, I'd like to imagine that she'd at least take the time to read and learn about policy, and hopefully not tweet, ever
IrishWristwatch42
To be fair, it IS very entertaining.
easytigger
Fuck it, I'll run. First order of business, everyone who voted for a random guy on imgur, get the hell off my planet.
hater626er
Season 2: Donald’s revenge.
nicholcm
At this point, tarts in lakes handing out swords is looking like a good system of government
DataNet
#Oprah2020
kissmyassets
Luckily in my world I will never see john cena run for president.
ButterCunts
President Camacho 2020 https://imgur.com/ffLI0zr
absolutezero182
The best and worst thing about the presidency is that (mostly) anyone can run
Sheepyhead
You say that like it's new
balzanya
imgrmademeanasshole
kiddub
Second presidential debate, 2020. “Welcome to the second presidential debate, I’m Jim Ross and we are..OHMYGAWD, THAT’S STONE COLD’S MUSIC!!
SithElephant
Live action celebrity presidential candidate deathmatch is the only rational way to pick a leader.
boywiththehappypenis
If Oprah gave 99% of her wealth away to institutions that benefit the 99%... then I might just
thedissident
The internet has made everything a reality show, get use to it.
Enohpoxas
Wait, it isn't actually supposed to be like that?
AlmightyDiapahbetusGarlicGerbil
If Trump could be given the boot in the next election... That'd be great.
yorkie62
Sooner for some of us.
jpparkenbone
I doubt Mike pence would be better.
yorkie62
He wouldn't. I expect many to go down as traitors to the US.
giganticroboticpenguin
Oprah wouldn't be my choice for president, but I would take her over any of the first four in the current line of succession.
WouldYouKindlydotdotdotquestionmark
Politics is a reality show. The real people that rule are behind the muppets in office, the ones bankrolling policy. All else is theater.
TheGame21x
Christ. I hear more people bitching about the RUMOR that she MIGHT run than I hear people wanting her to.
evergreenyankee
It's almost as if the media is controlling the narrative to push its own agenda...
TheGame21x
This is what happens when you elect a celebrity with no experience in the first place. Next time, vote for the politician!
JHRD1880
Exactly. All based on 1 speech she made at the Golden Globes. She has no intention of running, but it's cheap karma I guess.
SafireHawk
Celbs running for office is ok, they can be just as qualified as other professions. But you should not jump straight to president. 1/
SafireHawk
Put some work at the local/state level first. No one should be able to jump straight to the big show. 2/2
PoorBoyChevelle
See: Ahnold, Ventura, Jerry Springer.... wait that last one was backwards.
burgermouth
THANK YOU! I fear our future. Any chance England wants to take a stab at this again? LOL
eromitlab
Person Who Knows How Government Works & Isn't a Narcissistic Asshole 2020
thePresidentBarackObama
Not sure that perfect of a human being is possible, m8.
yourcreepyunclefriendly
Well it is, but people like that tend to not run for office at all!
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eromitlab
No, he's the first part. I'm sure he's smart and has a basic understanding of how government works. POTUS, however, should be an expert.
jtknl
Mmm, maybe you should explain that to your current "clown-in-chief"
eromitlab
I'm sure many have, but he doesn't care. Hell, someone tried it with the Constitution and he was done by the 4th Amendment.
Macish
Remember when we elected people who would best serve ours and the country's interests? Pepperidge farm remembers!
TheFastpaws
Well that stopped in the 80s. So of course they'd remember.
Predicto
shockingly, most of them were career politicians. Because that isn't an inherently bad thing.
PineconesAndGravy
Don’t forget about Kanye
DevilDisowned
Oh dear god no
ThisWorldMakesMeSad
He's a lyrical genius. And definitely not a gay fish
ccgreen139
And has laser eyes!
PunyaPanji
And his wife isn't a hobbit
KanyesGayFish
He’d have my vote!
ThisWorldMakesMeSad
Hmm I can't imagine why
myfirstaccountwasshadowbanned
Was about to down vote, until...
Icomeinpeaces
It just proves that the country isn't run by them. They're just marionettes hiding the real rulers of this country, the lizard people.
ImOldGregMotherLicker
MagelanCloud
You mean crab people?
LithiumGrease
def crab people
AmotsEinhorc
Taste like Crab, Talk like people.
Icomeinpeaces
Crab people? Ya ok, tinfoil hat.
MagelanCloud
Sorry i don't speak Viking.
baconandplagues
Your comment was not lewd enougj
GentlemanJawa
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssstay woke.....
RawSuger
seriously, i dont even know if oprah would be that bad but i know its bad when celebrities become a regular thing in politics
IronicJeremyIrons
You get presidente Herbert Mountain Dew Camacho
ThanXPham
Good one. Very original
CabNumber1729
From outside the US. Guys take this seriously, you have nukes. Idiots withs nukes are the reason north korea are on the worlds enemy list.
thelonepig
I feel like Oprah would sit down with Kim and talk it out. Like, that's her thing. I mean, if we GOTTA have a billionaire celeb president
CabNumber1729
Btw i know north korea are awful on human rights, but so are lots of places that haven't been on the news in years. Its the nukes.
MaybeFukingWithYouMaybeNot13
I can promise that Oprah would be bad for our image.
optimusgoose
You get free healthcare! You get free healthcare!! EVERYONE GETS FREEE HEALTHCAREE!!!
0hnonono
Worse than our current President?
MaybeFukingWithYouMaybeNot13
Of course not but that's like asking if she'd be worse than a baboon.
YoungRascal
I spit out my milk... good one
SouperScott
I don't actually laugh out loud much on imgur, it's hard to earn, but boy howdy you earned it.
Iq019283
It's been going on for a while already ie. Reagan
ProphetOfWhy
I'm still waiting for Feldman/Haim
ringman77
Reagan worked as a union leader and was the governor of California before becoming president, he just happened to be an actor.
DesignatedDrinker
e.g.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
He got elected in 1980 Trump in 2016. I wouldn't call that regular. Back to back would be the start of a pattern though.
RawSuger
adam sandler 2024
dmoore182
I just want a qualified person with common sense who understands what life is like for the average American.
idriveajunkerplymouth
CrapOnASpatula
Like Kevin Kline’s Dave.
DevilDisowned
I’m tired of hearing about him. You’d think CNN was a scorned ex gf who just can’t let go and moved on.
Un0riginalComment
He's on every fucking news channel but ok
DeathRowTomato
Plus all the money used for this stupid reality show could be used for real healthcare for every citizen.
rizion
PascalCasedUserName
That's definitely too much to ask.
TheGreyKnightsBANNED
Bill gates.
omgwtfhuh
He's smart enough to know better than wanting anything to do with a political position.
Soggybathroomsock
What, you don't own twelve mansions all over the world like the rest of us?
dmoore182
No just 8. I had to get rid of some for tax purposes.
thatsmynewusername
How about somebody that has a degree and experience in politics
Predicto
What's the point of that? And while we're at it, I want my surgeon to be a McDonalds fry cook.
Un0riginalComment
So burnie... That's pretty much Burnie
geiokami
That’s the opposite of Bernie.
toimiski
ur lost
AManCalledGolgotha
I think Bernie Sanders was the closest we had to that, but, you know...
worldsokayestspeler
I would say the median american is probably more representative
TheGuywithTehHat
As mentioned by @Camelspotting, average can mean the median: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+average
AlecAustin
When you have a representative for the median American you get someone who represents people who live in cities. That would not work out.
gingerloaf
yeah, better vote for a new york millionaire to stop that.
Camelspotting
The median is an average.
TheGuywithTehHat
Sorry you're getting downvoted. For those who aren't aware: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+average
randolphina
Median is the middle number in a set, whatever its value.
TheGuywithTehHat
And the average is the "central or typical value in a set of data," not necessarily the mean.
UsernamesAreStupidAnyways
Yeeeah, we all kind of fucked ourselves out of that option when "politician" became a legitimate profession you could live off of.
Frelock
But that's exactly the sentiment that leads to celebrity candidates with no political experience. Becoming a capable politician takes time.
UsernamesAreStupidAnyways
I don't disagree. But... there's just something *wrong* with how the political game is played. Actually that's exactly my problem with it1/?
UsernamesAreStupidAnyways
now that I think about it. Politicians have become more like athletes working for a team, with sponsors and a pathological need for media2/?
UsernamesAreStupidAnyways
attention. Or maybe it's more like the politicians are managers and policies are the athletes. With all the sketchy buying/selling them 3/?
asecondshadowyarrow
Mark Cuban might be running, and he started his business out of the trunk of his car.
PapiBlanco
Or once again, someone who has a shred of experience with politics.
heroesblood
"I started with a small loan of a million dollars..."
asecondshadowyarrow
"started his business out of the trunk of his car." Mark Cuban wasn't born into money, his dad did car upholstery.
heroesblood
It was more of a comparison. Imgur comments aren't great for meaning conveyance.
ifIScreamIntoTheVoid
I feel like we've reached the point where being qualified means they're smart enough to want nothing to do with it.
Octavius440
I've been saying this for years. It's a service to the community, not a position to ego-stroke
Teawrecks66
ifIScreamIntoTheVoid 2020!!
ifIScreamIntoTheVoid
I remember in high school, some friends forged a signature and that's how we got an asb president who wanted nothing to do with it.
StarmineRendezvous
Anyone with the ability or ambition to become President, has no place being there.
Daggaroth
We should put a Systems Administrator in charge. They would be royally pissed off at all the work but They would get things running.
aegis27
I'm just imagining an unshaven guy in a bathrobe with a full cup of coffee scowling at Congress. It might just work.
Daggaroth
He would walk up to Ajit Pai, smack him with a hardcover domain reference guide, take his stupid giant cup, and then (1/2)
StarmineRendezvous
Leading a country should never be something you want to do, it should be as undesirable as possible but important. Dwarven King status lol
evergreenyankee
Good joke. Keep dreaming. The electoral college is supposed to get us closer to that, but well... *points at White House*
hacattac
Easy, libtard.
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
The electoral college was designed to "keep power over the presidency out of the hands of congress and the people" no noble goal in sight.
BrocStefan
Yeah except certain members of The Electoral College tried so hard to not get Trump elected after he won that they got in trouble for it.
AurikNecal
The electoral college is supposed to keep the election from being a popular vote dominated by the biggest cities.
AurikNecal
Here is a picture showing the 'value' of each state in an election without an electoral college.
Welton22
No, it was meant to give slave owners more of a say in electing the president http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/
TheTripleDekeYourDaddyTaughtYou
If you believe that, then you truly are a moron. Had nothing to do with slavery.
Welton22
A moron is someone who makes a new account just to make that comment
AurikNecal
Additionally, here's a map that shows the vote by precinct instead of state or even county.
AurikNecal
http://www17.decisiondeskhq.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016-US-President-by-Precinct.png
WodenEmrys
Cause empty land and not having a lot of people live around you means your vote should be worth more. /s
AurikNecal
https://i.redditmedia.com/M9Iimc_pBV9VAnkqgmyQOeDTIaibOpLoKV2FRcN7MTk.jpg?w=750&s=0e8d4117cfafbf7d21cd844d51f929fd
flyingdutchfrenchman
So nice of you guys to let Mexico vote to ! Since they apparently have to pay for your shit now
WodenEmrys
And? If that's where the ppl are then that's where the votes should come from. People over land, not land over people.
AurikNecal
This is the great part to state rights and the promotion of a "small federal government" The individual states can pick and choose what they
WodenEmrys
The EC was to prop up slavery and give slave states bigger influence without having to let the slaves actually vote. 1/
WodenEmrys
http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/ 2/2
AurikNecal
Interesting read. First I see direct correlation between how the slaves were in Virginia and California with the immigrants.
AurikNecal
And as regards to madison. I do not disagree with him. A popular vote would indeed have allowed the north to dominate the election.
waltzin
TY!! The electoral college did its job! The real problem is our process of primary voting done by DNC & GOP that gave us shitty candidates.
AurikNecal
The primary system is indeed bad. The dem one particularly. Bernie probably would've won if the system wasn't rigged against him.
AurikNecal
And yes we can confirm that it was rigged. But I do think Bernie vs Trump would've been a real fight. Instead of the slaughter that happened
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FartyMcDumpstein
2) checks and balances. The fact that the minority have a full majority rule is horrible for society.
waltzin
This is a result of gerrymandering, tho, right? I've always wondered why electoral districts aren't just based on county lines... but
evergreenyankee
That's true. I'm not saying Hillary should have one, I'm only saying that we didn't get a "common man". 1/2
evergreenyankee
But the argument could be made that the electoral college succeeded in giving us the "commonest man" of the two options. 2/2
evergreenyankee
Wow. one = won. I can't believe I wrote that...
Satherian
Supposed to. What is actually does is make candidates only care about 'Swing States'.
VinerialBlumpkin11
That is a downside because of 2 party system we have today. Was intended to make sure no areas were ignored.
AurikNecal
The difference is simple. Only caring about swing states. Or only caring about New york, Los angeles, and a few other massive cities.
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
And also freeing voters who used to practically not be counted for the election. 50.1% vote one way 100% of electoral votes go that way 1/2