Presidential election circus
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Am I alone in wishing the US election were over? The media circus and the obnoxious speeches by the nominees, followed by the ridiculous mandatory cheering from the crowd, are getting to be too much.
As a person with an average IQ, I would like to learn the rationale behind this harebrained election system. The only required skill to get elected, other than shrewd fund-raising abilities, seems to be how to work an already biased crowd. How the endless circus right up until election day qualifies a person to be the leader of the free world is a mystery to me. Any professional, be it a teacher, hygienist or plumber, has to fulfil higher demands than what it takes to be American president. Perhaps this also explains how someone like Barack Obama got to spend eight long and indeed wasted years in the White House.
Andras Kanos
Budapest
