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Obama Bitterness
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Apr. 16th, 2008 | 04:44 pm
Presidential debates are well and good, but the American public would just as avidly watch Clinton, Obama, and McCain compete at a shooting range with handguns and rifles. And many would vote the winner.
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octal
date: Apr. 17th, 2008 12:49 am (UTC)
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If it were purely random, that'd be better than what we have now.
If it were "who has familiarity with guns", that would probably provide a more libertarian, or at least more shooting-friendly, candidate.
Ideally, it would be three candidates with NO firearms experience, and they'd be told to both build and shoot a firearm, given only basic machine tools and some books/the Internet, and 4 weeks to build/practice. That would show problem solving ability, mechanical skill (probably the least important), and discipline.
It would be like reality tv. We would get the president we deserve.
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date: Apr. 17th, 2008 04:43 am (UTC)
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well, a test of problem solving, discipline and sincere desire to lead the oblivious schadenfreude-ridden rabble known as a citizenry while hectored by a churlish and inchoate entity known as the media.
it's interesting that folks look at political news and don't think of it as reality tv. What else could it be?
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date: Apr. 17th, 2008 03:32 am (UTC)
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