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2016: Who Should You Choose?

That my friends is the $64 question…..if you are a thinking person then the 2016 election is giving you headaches……

I think that the most important issue in this election is foreign policy…..and so far neither candidate has said anything that would fill me with confidence….

I read a piece about who we should choose this year but this one is from a geopolitical point of view…..a view we seldom get from our media these days….instead that keep harping on emails or health or trustworthiness……this is a perspective that we all should use to judge our preferred candidate…

How should a US citizen vote? Hillary Clinton, the architect of our current world chaos, or an unproven, ballistic Donald Trump?

It’s become trite palaver to bemoan the US presidential choices. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – it is what it is. Now isn’t the time to sit back, but instead take an active look at the severe state of the world. The deeper question to ask each candidate for the US presidency is – do you want to preserve American primacy or not; not exceptionalism, but primacy?

Here’s where we stand after almost eight years of President Obama’s foreign policy, executed by Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. The Republican Congress also takes as much blame as the Obama Administration for their handling of this election, foreign policy, and certainly the Iranian nuclear deal. They were just as complicit as President Obama and Secretary Kerry.

Source: US Presidential Race: Who Should You Choose? | Geopoliticalmonitor.com

If you have not been following world affairs and have not been reading IST then this piece is just a long winded waste of your time…..but if you think that we need to be better at foreign policy then this piece is your chance to step up and learn something.

My leanings are toward a third party….either Libertarian or the Green…..but recently the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, proved his foreign policy ignorance……

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew a blank on Thursday when asked about the humanitarian crisis ravaging the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Asked about the city on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Mr. Johnson was unfamiliar with the name.

“What is Aleppo?” Mr. Johnson asked.

Mike Barnicle, a panelist on the show, then asked if he was kidding.

“No,” replied Mr. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico.

“Aleppo is in Syria,” Mr. Barnicle said. “It’s the epicenter of the refugee crisis.”

“Okay got it,” Mr. Johnson said before calling on the U.S. and Russia using their leverage to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table.

Throughout the five-year Syrian civil war Aleppo, the country’s largest city, has been devastated by air strikes and ground fighting among rebel factions and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

(Wall Street Journal)

So since I think the most important issue in this election is foreign policy…..the Libertarians are now ruled out for me……if he had NO idea where Aleppo is then he probably has no idea about anything else happening in the Middle East.

That leaves the Greens……I will vote for Dr. Jill Stein.

But with all that said….is the US voter really having a problem deciding where to place their vote?

In this election season of discontent, a lot of voters are having trouble committing. Around 1 in 5 voters nationwide report themselves as undecided or flirting with third-party candidates, with the exact share depending on the poll and how the question is asked.

Source: Are Voters Really Having Trouble Deciding This Year? | Mother Jones

At least know why you are voting for your candidate other than some silly ideological BS…..

17 thoughts on “2016: Who Should You Choose?”

    1. And here I thought they called you dubious for nothing….you know like Vonnegut a bitter-coated-sugar-pill. Emphasis on pill!! So glad to see you back, I missed you. ~~dru the drama queen~~

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    1. Depends on your definition of nowhere Wanderer.

      When you are sure that a vote for a particular candidate is going to go somewhere but somewhere you don’t want to be….how is exercising your right to vote your choice going nowhere?

      Is the political process only about losing or winning?

      Can’t a vote be a statement and by taking the time to undertake your right, are you not going somewhere?

      If you don’t vote at all to just show your apathy is that a statement that goes “somewhere”?

      Is voting for the lesser of two EVILS and I mean to my mind they are evil, perhaps not thru ‘n thru but certainly not worth my vote; does voting the lesser evil get you somewhere? ~~dru~~

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      1. Those are some pretty thoughtful questions you are asking there, dru and I do not pretend to have the answers to them. But in my case casting a vote in a corrupted political system is always something like playing either a lottery or Russian Roulette. In any case I feel really honored that you commented today and I sincerely am grateful to you.

    2. Maybe so but at least I will be able to sleep at night knowing I vote for the person that I believe in…not a couple of sleazoids looking for a power trip.

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  6. Pleasure as always chuq- others do it so much better than me. Good night chuq….Good night Wanderer….at least from my point of view. Although it be just after 4am, if I’ve not gone to sleep yet….so it is good night. sigh and with luck a yawn. I now seek my repose. Both of you be good while I’m gone. ~~dru~~

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