Morning after

[dreamflower]

I have the solution to this "every four years madness" that gets the whole country tied up in knots, costs untold amounts of money, and puts everyone under so much stress.

1. One term. Six years. (With an eight year limit based on the president getting re-elected in the fourth year, nearly two full years are wasted campaigning.) Imagine if the president had six uninterrupted years to focus on nothing but his job and with no need to worry about getting re-elected.

2. Strict spending limits on the campaign. I do not buy into the whole "money is free speech" business. Money is money, and if something costs money it's not free.

3. Strict time limits on the campaign. This process is so stretched out that voters are sick of it all by election day. A week's campaigning allowed per primary state, and no national campaigning or national ads allowed prior to the party conventions.

4. Standardization of the ballots for national office. Some states have a process for allowing third parties on the ballot, some allow write-ins and some don't, and some states manage to shut out any party except for the two main parties. There is something wrong with this.

Anyhow, I think life would be a lot less stressful this way, and maybe the government would actually be able to get things done without the specter of re-election hanging over everyone.

Comments

[the-mad-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I agree! My hubby has touted the single, six year term for AGES. And as to the wasted money, don't get me started. *major eye roll

Hugs,
Rach

[dreamflower]

It really would help a lot. Even just that by itself would make a huge difference!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

That makes too much sense, so it will never happen. But it would be nice, wouldn't it?

[dreamflower]

Yes it would make a lot of sense!

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

As I say in my job all the time - If what you're doing makes sense, stop immediately. You're doing it wrong.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

If only you were in charge. : )

[dreamflower]

Only temporarily! I would hate to REALLY be in charge; I'd just like to take over for a few days, issue a few unbreakable edicts, and then fade back into obscurity.

[shirebound]

I love your ideas. A lot.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I love your button!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I think I like this. *nods* I HATE the campaigning, just hate it.

[dreamflower]

I get so sick of it! It gets to the point I am even annoyed by the ones I support. Don't they realize what they are doing?

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

I like these ideas! We need to start lobbying for them immediately, especially 2 & 3. This was the longest election slog of my life! And I dumped every single advertisement--paper and email--right in the trash the minute it arrived. You have to do your homework these days--you can't take anything you're told by a campaign at face value. I spent a LOT of time online, reading, trying to get a feel for what was going on.

[dreamflower]

I wish I knew of someone who could actually start a process for making it happen.

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

I approve this message. Dreamflower for president!

Don't forget term limits for Congress.

[dreamflower]

Perish forbid! I do NOT want to be President!

But honestly, if I could find someone in Congress with a little bit of sense to push this, I'd gladly send it to them.

[mrowe.livejournal.com]

That makes way too much sense. It'll never catch on ;-)

[dreamflower]

Sadly, you are probably right.

[pippinfan1.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!! I especially loved the bits about the ads. Next time, I hope a state other than Ohio is the swing state! Between all the national candidates, all the trees in the Amazon must have been cleared for their propaganda campaign only to end up in our landfills. You have excellent ideas!