There Isn't A Good Candidate For President

Welcome to election year! In November of this year the United States will elect their President. Considering the depth of trouble that the USA is currently in, they really need a good candidate for President. The problem is, of course, that there isn't one on order.

Let's look at the incumbent. Democrat President Barak Obama has hardly been impressive in office. His weak effort over healthcare cost his party control of Congress in the midterm elections. He hasn't addressed social security. He hasn't addressed the US' astronomical deficit and debt. His healthcare "reform" fell far short of universal coverage that won't bankrupt you for getting sick. He's taken no action on the environment. He hasn't done much of anything except give eloquent speeches. He's damned good at that, at least. But words and action are not the same thing. He's proven himself to be weak, inept and horrible at selling his vision. And he will likely be re-elected in November.

The Republicans are really no better. While the USA runs a Trillion dollar deficit on an almost 15 Trillion dollar debt (100% of GDP, not including state debts), and has a social security sinkhole that makes that problem rather worse, virtually every GOP candidate still soldiers on against gay marriage. How ridiculous. They continue to pander to a religious base that is increasingly out of date. Many of them want to address the fiscal issues, but only insofar as "entitlements" are concerned. Leave that massive defense budget alone! Don't dare touch the paranoid Homeland Security department either.

Nobody wants to really address the issues that America really needs to address: debt, deficit, social security, financial reform and campaign finance reform. But why save the empire from crumbling when you can pander to a narrow base and bash gays?

None of this is good for the world. Cheering against America is folly. We need to be hoping that they get their act together, and soon.

Too bad they don't have a candidate that wants to do that.

But that's just the way I see it.