My pick for the next President

I know I shouldn't be making political endorsements via our official media sources. But my pick for the next President after this long running one would likely be Elizabeth Warren from the Democratic Party. She's definitely more of a leftist than Obama and less of a war hawk, certainly a better choice in my mind than Hillary Clinton.

Depending on the Republican candidate I could be tempted to support them. The tea party elements within the party make it difficult for a logical choice sometimes within the party but members such as Rick Perry and Jeb Bush have been quite progressive on issues such as prison reform & immigration reform respectively. I know that Rick Perry seemed quite "dumb" last time around, but in my opinion it's pretty cool that he's trying to reduce prison sentences and reduce the prison population in the States.

Anyhow, this title is mainly a false flag to trick and scare people. Who do you think should be the next President of the United States?

 

[Skizzy Grey]

I think there's a big difference between Sheldon Adelson bankrolling Newt Gingrich, and Michael Bloomberg bankrolling himself.

The law shouldn't require us to be naive. Adelson doubtless expected some special consideration from Gingrich in exchange for his largesse; at a minimum, his phone calls would be promptly returned, which is not a courtesy a casino magnate normally gets from the President of the United States. Such donations should at least be fully disclosed so that voters know exactly who has their hooks in the candidates.

By contrast, Bloomberg spending his own money creates no risk of corruption, and I don't think you can forbid him from spending money on political speech any more than you can forbid the New York Times or Wall Street Journal from doing so -- unless you're going to throw the First Amendment out the window, and you're crazy if you think billionaires and other entrenched interests will be losers in a post-free speech America.

 

[North East Somerset]

Plutocracy ftw!