If I had my way, I would change four things about the political season

1. No political ads focused on what someone voted for/against, or who they voted with,,,,as votes are rarely on any one issue and the nitpicking of certain points of a vote in these ads is sickeningly deceiving

2. Mics in the debates will be timed, no one can hear you when you aren't supposed to be speaking, no exception.

3. Lie (deception) detectors will be hooked up to candidates that only reflect the results to the viewing audience at home, so candidates will have to wait and replay it to know how well they 'deceived' and the live audience wouldn't be able to give it away. The audience at home could better gauge actual DECEPTION instead of reading about 'lies' later.

4. No use of the word LIE or LIAR by either candidate, the detector should be enough for viewers to determine that for themselves.




what are some suggestions you might have to make political elections less about 'selling images' and more about presenting and proving facts,,,,?

Outlaw telephone poll calls and telephone calls from politicians. Got two this week...one from CNN, the poll call...and a candidate call from....wait for it....waaaaaaiiiit for it...David mother frickin Duke!
Hung up on both lol


Seriously...I'd like to see more town hall debates with caveats....the repub would have to answer questions from dem supporters and vice versa....and actually no debate at all. The Dem answers repub supporters questions for, say, an hour...then it's the repub turn. They're never in the same room. They both face the fire from the other side made up of regular folks.
Of course....it would get screwed up and the audience would be full of plants

those are good ideas

This Andy Griffith movie A Face In The Crowd would help give good focus if viewed before the debates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjO5jQy0wDI

The "political season" has been at least the last 2 years.
And that's just kinda the presidential political season.
There are lots of "political seasons" (if you're measuring by what you want to change) with state and local elections.


But those are the funniest ones!


But that's what draws viewers to the debates!
Like NASCAR. People want to see the crashes, not watch a circle of steady traffic going a safe speed.


I think you have too much faith in lie detectors.
If Hillary got mad/sad/angry/upset/happy, any change in mood, any kind of emotional response that changes someones resting state, at what Trump said, whatever came out of Hillary's mouth in response would be considered a lie, even if it was the truth.

Awww, who am I kidding, bad example...truth never comes out of there!


Incentivize voters, or otherwise communicate, it's in their best interest to make an attempt to see past the image, then hope for the best.

You try and control the ads? Someone's going to say "there's a big conspiracy to control what you see about a candidate! You can't even get their voting record! What are TPTB hiding?! The Rothschild's are behind it and control the world news!"

You turn off the mics at a debate? "What were they censoring my candidate from saying?! What did they not want us to hear? It's the media controlling image and our minds!"

Lie detectors? "Here's 10 ways to defeat a lie detector! There's a fly on Hillary's face right when she said (x)...so was it a lie? Or did the fly cause it? Flygate!"

No use of the word LIE or LIAR by either candidate? "Why isn't Trump REALLY calling Hillary a liar, even after all the proof?! He's a trojan horse puppet for the democrats! He won't attack his real master! Why isn't Hillary calling Trump a liar? Does this mean she REALLY believes what he says but is toeing the party line? Why hasn't she disavowed what he said by calling him a liar!"


Other than that, does this thread scare anyone else?
I mean inherent in the premise is a need to attempt to control information, control the behavior of others, a complete lack in the abilities of other people.

So at best it's just "I like the idea of controlling information and people...I just want it to be done my way."

...Never really see threads on forums like "what are some resources, methods, or things I can use for myself and to help teach my children to make better voting decisions, to discover facts, to be less affected by the advertising, the image? What are some of the pitfalls and dangers I'll face? Either physically, technically, emotionally, in trying harder?"

Nope.
It's always "here's some ways I think other people should behave, and what other people should do in order to make my life easier and more secure. What are some things you want to force on others?"

I definitely agree about muting the mics in debates after the candidate's time is up. I really don't know why they don't manually mute them after they warn them twice.

Nah...not me...its a forum thread on a fricking dating site, I think I'll manage...but feel free to grab a blankey if ya need one