As long as we’re rewriting our entire financial structure in this country, I’d like to propose a major overhaul to the presidential election system.
As it is obvious we are in need of some serious bipartisanship in this country, and as both candidates are making all kinds of bipartisan promises, I suggest the ultimate bipartisan solution: The Demopublican Ticket.
I’ll leave it up to someone smarter than I to rewrite the rules for the primary elections and nominating conventions. Let’s just start once we have a nominee for each party. At this point, we can save weeks of ugly campaigning and millions of dollars by simply declaring a winner. One candidate is the President, the other the Veep.
But of course you ask, which is which? You may suggest we go old school where whomever gets the most votes in the general election is the Pres, the other is the Veep—which really is not such a bad idea. I don’t know why we got away from that. Regardless, if we did that, we’d still be wasting all kinds of time and money. So, since back when they did that they didn’t have smear campaigns and unlimited wealth with which to fund it, I have a modern day solution: Both would get to be president.
They would take two year turns—or just take every other year. After the nomination the two candidates get together and hold a best of 7 rock-paper-scissors competition, winner gets to pick who goes first.
Think of all the problems that could be solved! Think of the bipartisanship required! I’m all for it. Write your congressman today.
2 comments:
You're silly! But I like the idea!
Elections drag on WAAAAAYYYY too long and are too expensive. I say candidates get a set amount of money, can only campaign for three months, and then we vote. I would guess at this point there is less than five percent of the people who are undecided (if even that many), and we still have more than a month to hear them campaign. Sigh!
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