WHOOMP, there it is.

[Mr. Evil]

81. So who do we vote for?

In the present day presidential political landscape of America it seems that one party only wants to promote faux patriotism, fear and offers nothing of substance to the citizens (unless you're an evangelical Christian) and the other wants to be like the other party used to be. I would never vote for a republican today for any reason. They've circled the wagons on fear and crazy and that is not a solution to anything. The democrats have a few people that actually seem to care and are passionate in their wanting a better America.

So far I've been very impressed with Elizabeth Warren. She's smart, tenacious and so far hasn't been intimidated. Alan Grayson may shoot from the hip but, he doesn't give republican fear and smear tactics a free pass. He calls out crazy most every time he hears it. Al Franken has shown great promise and understands as well as anyone what a fact is but, has been a little quiet lately. Bernie Sanders gets it and I hope he has no plans to retire anytime soon!OTOH, Mary Landrieu is only concerned with two things; getting reelected and protecting big oil interests. She is the epitome of the acronym DINO.

It just seems to me that to run for higher office in this country anymore one must accept some amount of donations from large contributors (the ones we mostly don't like), always end a speech with "and may god bless America," profess their love for Israel and always say how much we need a strong military (destruction and killing is big business and we're very good at that). I don't vote for any of those things and don't know why each candidate always tries to outdo the other on them (its actually to placate the rich and powerful but, that's another thread).

My candidate would promote education based on reality and facts and not try to shove some form of bible teaching as a solution for poor classroom performance. My candidate would promote adherence to equal civil rights for all. This candidate would promote science and scientific fact and would not be afraid to admit that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, not 6000. They would only promote tax breaks for large corporations that hired and paid Americans a livable wage/salary with good benefits and not just for a large campaign contribution. This candidate would promote single-payer health coverage and take away the burden of providing this benefit from employers. And also do away with healthcare companies (otherwise known as legal skim operations) which provide nothing but grief, burdensome paperwork and ever-rising rates, deductibles and co-pays. And this candidate above all must have integrity.

There are probably other good reasons to vote for my candidate for president and I hope in my lifetime I finally find one. 2016 is a long time off and its approaching fast. But if anyone seems to be the closest to what I'm looking for that might actually be convinced to run that candidate would be Elizabeth Warren. Maybe I'm wrong or becoming to cynical to jump on the Hillary bandwagon. She's just seems to be a little too connected to the inside the beltway old-way status quo methods.