Glad I don't live in America

I wish during election years that I didn't live here. The mud slinging is what seems to get people into office here. It's really sad, the last two Democrats that have run for office have tried very hard to get away from that trash but the Republican party lives on it. I guess that's what most Americans want it someone that would rather trash the other person than someone that will just state why they want to be president and how they are going to make this country better. I was an Independent up until this election but the behavoir of the Republicans have made me choose not to ever vote for another person claiming to be a Republican again. By the way, this is a great post, thank you.

I think it's sad when people from other countries thinks so badly of us that they wouldn't want to live here. We used to be one of the most powerful nations in the world and we used to be respected for our foreign policy and democracy, but I guess that just isn't so any more.

Politics in America is almost a full contact sport, complete with it's analysts and commentators and statistics. As one politician put it, "It's foot ball for old men". It is embarrassing sometimes. however, the vast majority of the slinging doesn't come from the politicians themselves but from the supporters, This is often overlooked. The REALLY nasty stuff isn't said by the candidates and though they sometimes do or don't condemn it, it is becoming worse election by election. One need only read through this very forum to see the hideously nasty examples if garbage slinging from all points of the political spectrum.

I woke up one day in America and realized I'm not patriotic. It was the most refreshing realizations I've ever experienced. When I say this I'm told to leave by the patriotic peons. You know, the ones who think freedom of speech is a great thing as long as they agree with you.

Many, many Americans don't pay attention to anything that is outside of their little circle of life so with politics and many other things it's necessary to sensationalize it in order to get them to pick their heads up and listen. During political campaigns these are the folks the mud slinging is intended for. They don't pay attention to the issues (unless something is going to have a direct impact on them) but they will pay attention to scandal and wild accusations and, if you get them riled up enough, they might even drag their butts out and cast a vote.

Politics conflicts happens everywhere not only in America. Everybody has their own personal interest, you know.

I don't live in America and I must say during election year there I would not want to live there either, but if I could not live in my own country and had to pick another one it would be America despite her faults and drawbacks. There are people from other countries who lie, steal, falsify documents, and risk their lives just to get into America. They cross deserts and risk dying of thirst, they come in leaky rusty old ships and risk drowning, they get smuggled in containers and risk suffocating, they swim rivers from Canada just to get to what they see as the" promised land". So, yes some people really really want to live in America.