Chance of an Independent Candidate

Is it possible to have an Independent as President? The has only been one President that could be possible be classified as Independent. That President would be George Washington. The reason I say possibly is because the party system had not developed until after was became President.

In our country, does an Independent Presidential candidate have a chance in the elections? Since our country is ran on Democracy, Americans would like to say yes to that question. As I discussed in one of my previous posts "Is Our Country Ran on Democracy of Moneyocracy", at least the last two Presidential races have been won by the candidate that raised or spent the most money, Since many Independent candidates cannot reach as many Americans as a candidate that is affiliated with the Democrat of Republican party they are not able to raise as much money. Thus has a huge affect on how much of a chance the Independent candidate has to become President.

Another reason that an Independent candidate has less of a chance than a party-affiliated candidates is the news media. Nowadays it seems that the mainstream news media only cover Democrat of Republican stories. This causes Americans who receive their information from those sources to only hear about those party-affiliated candidates. Does the news media only show those candidates because they are biased? Do Independent candidates need to be accused of sexual harassment or speak like they are drunk at a speech to create news? Would the mainstream news still ignore those candidates?

The news media should not cover stories because they add shock value or it follows their agenda. Their job is to inform and not be biased. They should allow their listeners to make their own decisions. Why have Americans allowed the media to be biased?

Herman Cain "Smoking" Ad



If anyone hasn't seen the GOP Candidate, Herman Cain's, advertisment, which I am sure everyone has, but feel free to watch it. This ad has been all over the news media for about a week, so I figured I would blog about my response to this ad and what the media has been saying.

First I will give you a rundown of the ad. It shows Mark Block who is the chief of staff for Herman Cain and the chief operating officer of Friends of Herman Cain. Friends of Herman Cain is the organization that supports Cain. He says "I believe Herman Cain will put the United back in the United States of America." The he also states "We have ran a campain like nobody has ever seen, but then again nobody has ever seen a candidate like Herman Cain." The last thing Mark Block says is "Together we can take this county back." The the I am America song comes on and show Mark Block smoking. The last that is shown Herman Cain smiling.

My analysis of this ad is that it is a fairly good ad. You hardly ever see a chief of staff in an ad for a candidate which makes it seem like he is a down to earth person. This also relates to one of his quotes later on in which he says that nobody has seen a campaign ran like this. The he states Cain will put United back in the USA. To me that means that he thinks the country is divided and that Cain can reunite the country. According to Block's last statement he thinks that the country needs to be taken back. That could mean a variety of things; he might think that democrats have taken over our country or socialists have taken over our county. Regardless, I think this needed to be explained a little better.

The part that caused all of the contraversy is the part where Mark Block is seen smoking. This part was five seconds of the entire ad, which lasts fifty-six seconds. This smoking part was not even ten percent of the add but has caused all of this contraversy. Regardless, my stance on the smoking part is that the Herman Cain campaign did this to show that Mark Block was a regurlar american. The ad may have also been to cause contraversy, so that he would get free advertising. As many people know the Cain campaign does not or did not have very much money when starting off. This ad was not shown on tv or anything it was merely posted on Cain's website. He may have also done this to try to catch the attention of smokers, since 1 out of 5 people smoke according to a recent poll. Since smoking has been censored this ad may resonate with smokers who think that government should not censor smoking. Just something to think about.

As I mentioned before send me messages regarding anything you would like me to report on I will try to get to asap. Until next time!

Introduction and Background Information

Hello my name is Ben. I am just a regular American, who is currently in college. I am currently near Denver, CO, but I have moved all around when growing up since my father was in the military. I decided to create this blog because I have many thoughts about the government, what the media shows, and many other things. I will not tell you about all my ideas on certain policies, or values at this time as I am sure they will come out as I post. I will be talking about many things that are going on relating to the goverment. I will also be posting many videos or articles from many different news sources and posting what I think about it. If any of this has interested you feel free to follow me and bookmark me, since I plan on blogging several different posts a day.

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