Opticalpopsicle1074 t1_is18tm6 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:51 PM

Reply to comment by mkmck in Watching the gubernatorial debate by hugothebear

True, but maybe the better question is why are all the candidates that we are allowing to run for office such terrible people and so terrible for the population? Maybe we should start to have some rules for integrity in the process instead of it just being a race to nominate whoever will bend over the furthest to get that PAC money. I mean the whole process is so rigged from the start, you have to have giant corporate backers just to run here in RI. And then we are appalled that the one elected is a tool? I love my home state but am so saddened by what’s happening to it. Can you tell I’m frustrated?

mkmck t1_is1mkhs wrote on October 12, 2022 at 5:21 PM

If you ever figure out the answer to your first question, please PM me the answer. I assume part of the problem is the intense scrutiny of every last aspect of your life...ever...is something you have to be prepared to deal with. Between the media and opposition research, there will be a record of every time you blew your nose, and it will be on page 1, or in the next attack ad from your opponent. It's insane. That's not an easy ask, and the "best and brightest" probably don't want to deal with it. Howard Stern warned Trump that he was going to fuck up his life forever if he got elected, and I'd say Stern was absolutely right. Trump could have gone on for eternity being the douchebag he was/is, and the average Joe wouldn't have a clue. Now the world...including a lot of law enforcement...knows all too well what he is.

Almost no one voting in primaries is another factor, I'm sure. When only the wingnuts show up, wingnuts get nominated, and one of them wins the seat.