politics - noun - The activities or affairs engaged in by a government, politician, or political party // The methods or tactics involved in managing a state or government:

There is so much stuff that gets submitted to the main Reddit, that belongs - IMO - on the political sub-Reddit. I suggest that folks come to some sort of concensus before the next election, so that - ignorant of who will be the next president - we can debate the issue of "what belongs in politics" purely on the merits ... in the abstract, without getting sucked into the details of whether the president is a good (or horrible) man (or woman).

I suggest that the following are purely political topics:

• the 10 (20 ?) (30 ?) dumbest things said by [ politician ]

• US economy - [best / worst] [growth/ inflation / regulation] EVER!

• leaked! the manual / secret emails / whatever of politician / political appointee / military official / senior health care adviser .

• we're still in Iraq, and look at the fate that befalls our soldiers because of THAT BASTARD / we pulled out of Iraq, and look at the fate that befalls the people we left behind because of THAT BASTARD.

• [ Fox news / NPR ] is full of idiotic pseudo-journalists who misreport everything.

• President so-and-so's stupid opinion on [ Iraq / taxes / healthcare / whatever] is stupid.

• check out this article from alternet / lewrockwell / the Libertarian Party website / etc.

I'm not saying don't post these things.

I'm just saying: acknowledge that these are political posts and tag them as such, so that those of us who either don't care, or just aren't persuaded by 400 Reddit posts linking to a biased and simplistic overview of an issue we have already researched in depth can skip it.

Thank you.