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pan6467 · 04-29-2008, 11:04 PM

The perfect answer for me:

would be you allow the candidates to run in the month of Feb.

You give each candidate the same amount of money.... there is no fund raising, no special interest donations, the candidates cannot even use their own money... there is an independent firm watching the money and who pays for travel expenses etc. to make sure only the money given is the money used. All media must charge the same for commercials and offer similar time spots to each candidate.......

hold a national primary for both parties the first Monday of March.....

The winner then moves on.

You allow no commercials on tv until 1 month before Election in Nov.

Allow them maybe the summer to campaign but only on weekends and the whole month of Oct.

You give each candidate the same amount of money.... there is no fund raising, no special interest donations, the candidates cannot even use their own money... there is an independent firm watching the money and who pays for travel expenses etc. to make sure only the money given is the money used. All media must charge the same for commercials and offer similar time spots to each candidate.

Every Tuesday in Oct, there is a 2 hour debate that must be televised (stations have the option to carry or not), each covering different issues (i.e. First: the economy/taxes, Second: defense, Third: Social policies Fourth: perhaps summaries and wild card...)

Finally, the night before the election, each candidate gets 1/2 hour to tell us why we should vote for them. This can be done by Q&A from a townhall, the press, a written speech, etc. The order is decided by coin flip and the candidate going last cannot see what the other candidate or the type of pitch the previous one does. (I.E. McCain goes first and has a townhall.... Clinton goes second.... has no idea what McCain said or how and holds her own 1/2 hour press QA)

This keeps costs down, allows the people to truly decide NOT finances, not who raised what or who was able to put on the most commercials and so on.

It evens the playing field.

This takes the money out of it, it allows those elected officials to do the jobs they were elected to do and not spend all their time campaigning and not their true jobs.

This applies to Governors and the 2 Senators as well.

If a third or fourth party comes around or independent and maintains a certain percentage of votes in polls then they are entitled to the same monies, debates, and day before show and must follow the same rules.

It will never happen, the media thrives and lives off the monies made from the political commercials.

04-29-2008, 11:04 PM	#26 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	The perfect answer for me: would be you allow the candidates to run in the month of Feb. You give each candidate the same amount of money.... there is no fund raising, no special interest donations, the candidates cannot even use their own money... there is an independent firm watching the money and who pays for travel expenses etc. to make sure only the money given is the money used. All media must charge the same for commercials and offer similar time spots to each candidate....... hold a national primary for both parties the first Monday of March..... The winner then moves on. You allow no commercials on tv until 1 month before Election in Nov. Allow them maybe the summer to campaign but only on weekends and the whole month of Oct. You give each candidate the same amount of money.... there is no fund raising, no special interest donations, the candidates cannot even use their own money... there is an independent firm watching the money and who pays for travel expenses etc. to make sure only the money given is the money used. All media must charge the same for commercials and offer similar time spots to each candidate. Every Tuesday in Oct, there is a 2 hour debate that must be televised (stations have the option to carry or not), each covering different issues (i.e. First: the economy/taxes, Second: defense, Third: Social policies Fourth: perhaps summaries and wild card...) Finally, the night before the election, each candidate gets 1/2 hour to tell us why we should vote for them. This can be done by Q&A from a townhall, the press, a written speech, etc. The order is decided by coin flip and the candidate going last cannot see what the other candidate or the type of pitch the previous one does. (I.E. McCain goes first and has a townhall.... Clinton goes second.... has no idea what McCain said or how and holds her own 1/2 hour press QA) This keeps costs down, allows the people to truly decide NOT finances, not who raised what or who was able to put on the most commercials and so on. It evens the playing field. This takes the money out of it, it allows those elected officials to do the jobs they were elected to do and not spend all their time campaigning and not their true jobs. This applies to Governors and the 2 Senators as well. If a third or fourth party comes around or independent and maintains a certain percentage of votes in polls then they are entitled to the same monies, debates, and day before show and must follow the same rules. It will never happen, the media thrives and lives off the monies made from the political commercials. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 04-29-2008 at 11:09 PM..