It is time to get rid of private money in public elections. I agree that both candidates are awful. Fortunately congress is there to provide a little balance, but we need to replace a lot of them with better people too. The average down to earth guy no longer has a chance to run for office because of the money involved. Those who can afford to run are already bought and paid for. I would like to see campaigning limited to June through November of an election year with only public funding allowed.
On two tangents, I wrote to both of my senators to request that they bring the Garland nomination to a vote as soon as possible, and that they should strongly consider sayin NO. I could tell by the reply that Tester had read what I wrote (or at least a staffer did), but Daines just sent a canned response that made it appear that he didn't even read the e-mail.
On the second tangent, I stopped supporting the NRA a long time ago. The people they support may want me to be able to have a gun, but the policies those people stand behind would keep me from having public land to hunt on. They also seem (at least to me) to support policies that would promote the idea that only the privileged would be able to afford to hunt. Hunting is literally the only luxury that I spend money on, and because I don't travel to exotic vacations and don't buy the latest greatest gear, I get a pretty good deal on the meat I harvest.
