The 2016 primaries have literally left me speechless and
it’s easy to say that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is one for the
books. If we can barely come to terms
with Trump potentially becoming president, could you imagine the rumors about Kanye
West’s run in 2020?
I’ve had a chance to watch the debates and rallies leading up
to the biggest day of the primaries, Super Tuesday. 13 states will hold their
elections tomorrow and Trump seems to be in control. How? The media is eating
out of the palm of Trump’s hands with all the publicity his campaign has been
getting. An analyst referred to Trump as a trailblazer for politics even though
he has no political background. I feel like Trump’s absurd tactic and comments
are meant to distract us from the real issues. If you listened to his speeches
Trump just bashes other candidates, countries or people to please the crowd and
then briefly goes over important issues like foreign policy or health care.
Many of my friends have expressed their opinion on social
media about Trump and how this ridiculous joke has the potential to become a
reality within months.
I come across a post about Trump on my Facebook and Twitter
feeds daily and with these videos or memes being constantly viewed and shared
only makes Trump’s stock go up. The fact that we as a society devote some much
effort to criticize or critique Trump over all the other candidates is the
attention Trump has lived for his whole life, especially now on the biggest
stage of them all. The funny thing is Trump degraded the media, in particular
the New York Times, in his rally in Texas Friday morning. Trump wants to change
laws so that the media can’t say negative things about him… ironic since they
are a major factor in his success. Also,
on Friday before the announcement of the Chris Christie endorsement, Marco
Rubio mocked Trump’s tweets and tried to “fight fire with fire”. I just thought
to myself, “Is this what our country has come too? Who can talk sh*t the best?”
I’ve gained the mindset of voting for the candidate that is going to the least
amount of damage to our country for the next four years, but yet I am still
dumbfounded.
Any individual who thinks they are qualified to be the most
powerful person in the world should be required to have political background of
some sort. I think that every candidates should hold office of an applicable political
position for at least one full term before even be eligible to run for
president. To me experience is essential to everything in life. You don’t get
hire to become a CEO of a company with no job experience, so why are we letting
a power thirsty businessman or a mediocre rapper even be in the conversation of
politics let alone being the leader of the free world? There need to be stricter
requirements for this office because it is so important to our nation’s future.
I’ve come to idea that we have lost sight of good leaders who want the best for
the American people and instead accept those politicians who say what we want
to hear to get elected and then pursue their own self-interests. Was Christie’s
endorsement in spite of Hilary Clinton or just to get a seat in the White
House? Politics are complex and apart of the foundation of this country was
built on, therefore we can’t just let anyone be president. We should have
higher standards for a position of such powerful representation of the citizen
of the United States.
Shelby,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the opening statement in your final paragraph talking about experience. You mention that experience is the most important qualification needed to hold presidential office. I completely agree with your premise of having to serve at least one term in political office. I do want to ask you what level or rank of office needed to serve in. Does one term as an elect4d student body president make qualify as political service, or does it need to be in legislation office?
In regard to your statement about who can be the best at trash talking, I felt the same way watching the republican debates. I felt as if it was more of a roast of our current president, rather than a discussion about political affairs. I hope that we will all be able to look back with a sigh of relief after this is all settled, and we have at least some competence in politics.