Does anyone believe that the best campaigners necessarily make the best elected officials? Or that a two-year campaign process--literally the entirety of house members' terms--is necessary, much less appropriate? Or that the sham television ad-selling and front-page-fodder generating events misnamed "debates" produce real, valuable results, as opposed to water cooler talk, chances to mock who looked at his watch, seemed under- or over-rehearsed, or seemed too desperate in his plea for more airtime?
Defend or fix the system. This is the thread for it. Good luck.
Its absolutely true, the most charismatic man (who'd do well in a campaign) is NOT often the best man for the job, frequently they're the worst. Campaign times ARE absolutely insane. Its a great argument against democracy, also how there's no way to officially hold politicians accountable after elected if they dont do what they promised.
If we must remain as a single country, implement a parliamentary system. If we like the slow-to-change effect of our current system, keep the two houses with their substantial constituent differences and reinforce their interdependence by having the ministers come from one house while the other has a veto or something like that.
But a better solution is for the US to divide into 7 separate countries.
Agreed honestly, and it's even more true now. Parliamentary or semi-presidential executive-legislative dynamic, with a civil law code rather than common law judiciary. Filled is just a complete joker who takes conservatism to a whole new level--I remember when I posted a Constitutional reform project on the Pet Sounds forum and she said it was "disturbing" and that I must "hate freedom" even though my bill of rights was far more substantial than what's in the document the founders gave us. Now I see here she feigns ignorance about a very simple answer you gave. Filled is either the most mentally obtuse person I've ever met or an actual troll (the ONLY person Ive ever accused of this in my time on the BB forums). Many a frustrating conversation with here illustrated the idiom that you can lead a horse to water...
