Professor Young asked us this question about a week ago, and I've been trying to think about what I would say for about a week now. The truth is that I would like to say things would've been better with Romney, but I am no expert when it comes to politics. In fact, I'm far from it. When you ask me who I think a good president would be, only silly examples like "Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and "Kid President" come to mind. While the jury is still out on whether or not vampires exist, I don't think anyone would question our president after seeing him hack through a tree like that. Or how could you argue with such an adorable little president. All of these examples and instances do have one thing in common, that being a president means you have to deal with SOME dumb people.
Kid President...and his writers... bring up some of my very own thoughts on what's wrong with America. It's not just our president's fault that some parts of our country are falling apart. We have too many people who are quick to complain about all of these problems, but they don't offer any kind of help or solution to fix it. Money does not solve all of our problems. People still need to roll up their sleeves and get dirty in order to get some things fixed. Some people just like to scream and yell about politics and our problems. Other people think that smarter people will just come along and fix it. There are even people out there who think that there is nothing they can do to help. All of these attitudes are our fault, not because Obama ruined your life. Like I said earlier though, I think the "dumb" people do not outweigh the people who actually like to think and problem solve in this country. So instead of complain about the terrible job Obama or Romney or whoever is doing, how about you do something about it.
I wish there was a system where we could all vote on stuff from our smart devices. We could create some sort of safe way to vote that way, and there's no arguing an outcome. It could let "the people" feel a little more involved in the decision making, and that way when things don't work they can't just pin it all on one man. I think the voter turnout would be way better than having people traveling to voting booths, but at the same time that weeds out the people who don't care enough to do something about voting. This would be my solution to the problem. Instead of posting a stupid throwback picture every week, we could vote on something that actually matters.
I did not vote for Obama, but I'm not an Obama hater either. I think anyone who has the courage to run for president has a tremendous amount of confidence and some kind of successful background in the real world. No one is under the microscope and under so much scrutiny as much as they(the presidents) are, except for maybe the Kardashians. I remember watching the Romney documentary and it was pretty sad to see someone under constant attack by the media, but they do know the risks and the territory going into it. After the election the president becomes one of the most powerful individuals in the world, so we should know them very well. That could be one way the gov't uses the voting app I talked about earlier. They could send out simple messages and facts about presidential candidates so we could personally get to know them.
I feel like I'm rambling or not making any sense now, so I'll finish with this last thought. Things may have been a little different with Romney, but he couldn't have fixed all of our problems. The media would have focused more his stance on gay marriage instead of on the economy. The Mormon church may have been more of a hot topic. His family life would have been under a microscope, even more so than the Obama family. Those are just a few things that I think may have been different looking at a social media standpoint. All of this is just an opinion, and probably not even a very well-educated one. As I said earlier, politics is not one of my strong points because there are so many angles to even the smallest of issues.
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