[quote=@Vilageidiotx] I actually like Obama, and I didn't vote for the guy. I disagree with him strongly on plenty of things, but the way he has handled himself is respectable in my opinion. I suppose I don't believe somebody has to be my ideal candidate for me to like them. And also, having grown up politically in the Bush years, it isn't going to take much to impress me anyway. And no, it won't magically give them a perfectly equal shot, but it will give them the resources to make a real effort. The internet has helped a lot in evening the playing ground for people like Sanders or Paul, and their popularity on the internet does seem to show that their messages resonate if they can be heard. The media is corrupt only in the sense that they speak the duel language of money and popularity, and if you took the power of a Clinton or a Trump to dominate through their checkbooks, I think good candidates would get the ability to get their name out their on their own terms, and that from there they'd be able to make up the difference through their policies and personalities. [/quote] I guess the only real thing I can say in defensive for Obama. (and Bush.) Is it's a lot damn harder being president than people think it is...Other than that, the whole "they are both stupid" argument is preposterous. Yeah, Bush got "C'S" Yuk yuk. At Yale, a prestigious college where you most likely would never be accepted into. I suppose a lot of reasons why people "hate" them are quite poor and invalid reasons. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148744/Did-Obama-worse-grades-Bush-New-evidence-reveals-college-class-got-lower-SAT-scores-Dubya.html Or things like Ted Cruz is Canadian, or Obama had Muslim parents. That kind of meaningless B.S. But, what is politics without stupidity? I mean if you believe that, I understand why you support him. I can't really confirm or deny speculation.