Have Americans got the ingenuity to vote for President not promoted by their media?

Question

or will the media select which candidates have a chance?

Answer 1

Sadly, you've pointed out a horrible defect in our election system. The voters are too stupid to vote based on the issues. Instead, they're a bunch of cowardly lemmings who want to vote for the most popular guy so they don't feel like losers.

Answer 2

If the presidential candidates were not promoted by the media, how would we decide on which person to vote for?
Door to door sales pitches?.....yeah right, that would never work.
Every source of media usually endorses a particular candidate, so the media can be very biased and selective on which person(s) they want to promote. So, I kind of see what you're saying a little.
Ingenuity has nothing to do with what you are asking. Maybe where you come from, the word has a different meaning.

Answer 3

It's a bit more of a give and take than that. The public influences the media and visa versa.

However, that does seem to increasingly be the case that the media is taking on the dominant role in this relationship.

One could view this as an incrimination of the lazy American voter, but it is also important to remember that the sheer size and diversity of the country forces the funneling of contestants through the media. It it unfortunate that the filter we use is money, but remember that money isn't everything ;) Never discount grassroots movements or good ol' fashioned scandals to mix things up.

Answer 4

Well the Media portrays the candidates in different ways. And many people (who aint that bright) will base their opinion on the media. I'm going for Guiliani Personally. Go ahead and thumbs down me for that one if you want, but hey, 1st amendment, right to opinion people. Shame on the media for what they do, it's rediculous. Although they do sometimes bring the truth, but not most of the time.

I can honestly say though, I ain't votin for Hill Clinton or B. Obama. Obama went to a terrorist type school in the philippines just so you all know, which has been proven. Do you want this man to come in possibly turn this country upside down. He's a muslim, and we're fighting who? THE MUSLIMS! Hill Clinton, well, she is incompetent just like her husband. Hill Clinton wants to get in here and let all the gays get married, and destory the majority (christian) moral values, and then if Obama gets in, he will do the same thing. He will favor the Muslims, and not the Christians.

Answer 5

The media always selects which candidates have the chance. Americans tend to follow what the media suggests.

Answer 6

No. Americans are not able to make any good choices for politicians. However, this isn't all their fault. We are lied to in poltical ads so badly that it is hard to decide who to choose.

In '08, I support Ron Paul. He is a libertarian with a great record for personal freedom.

John McCain, however, is the best qualified candidate for president. He has years experience in US Foriegn Policy, he is a war hero, a Naval Academy graduate, and has proven leadership experience. Both he and Dr. Paul are the best choices for president in my opinion.

Answer 7

The fact is that most Americans don't. They let the media pick their candidates more than they realize or are willing to admit.

Answer 8

I never read the LIEberal media when it comes to such things. They always lie so I vote by what the candidates have done for the US in the past and not just the state they came from.

Answer 9

American Presidents are elected by the electoral college, not the media. They do focus on the main parties which an overwhelming majority of voters favor rather than the third party fringe candidates with a smattering of minions.

Answer 10

Well, of course, Ron Paul would be Superman, 10 foot tall and bulletproof, if it weren't for the big, bad media.

The reason he is popular is because he is so unknown that some in the political right see him as an alternative.

But just wait until they find out what he really believes...

He believes in the myth of the "North American Union."

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/ts...

He voted against relief for Hurricane Rita for residents of his own district...then took credit for its passage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?ei=5088&en=d8c2d43cc596faf7&ex=1342756800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

"A larger vulnerability may be that voters want more pork-barrel spending than Paul is willing to countenance. In a rice-growing, cattle-ranching district, Paul consistently votes against farm subsidies. In the very district where, on the night of Sept. 8, 1900, a storm destroyed the city of Galveston, leaving 6,000 dead, and where repairs from Hurricane Rita and refugees from Hurricane Katrina continue to exact a toll, he votes against FEMA and flood aid. In a district that is home to many employees of the Johnson Space Center, he votes against financing NASA."