Vote for This

Sometimes I feel like I'm playing grown up, the way I used to play house as a kid. I feel so inept, especially today when I went to vote in the primaries, and there were a dozen names on the ballot that I didn't recognize.

I colored in circles and hoped that I wasn't setting up the state for disaster. I hoped I wasn't bubbling in secret KKK members or something like that.

Yes, America, I am your typical voter. Be afraid.

Debates? Can't the candidates just mud wrestle or something? Okay, so it shouldn't necessarily be based on brute strength. They should chose a team (prospective cabinet members) and then have several challenges over a course of something like 5 weeks. Some could be physical, others could be mental, and the hardest of all--ethical. It would all be televised, of course. Maybe it would be on an island. Or in the woods. I'm thinking part of it must be outside.

I want to see how these people are as leaders, what kind of decisions they make, and if they have a sense of humor. How do they react when a crazy homeless person tries to help them parallel park? Do they leave their friends hanging? I want to see it. I don't want them or others to tell me about it. Why should I believe them? Actions speak louder than words and television speaks to the masses. Editing can change context? Take the risk. Just give me something I can relate to.