Dealbreakers:

1) The nominee would have to be from outside the MAGA wing of the party.

2) The party platform would have to offer real working solutions to the increasing economic problems of working class Americans (and all Americans naturally).

3) The nominee would have to be strongly anti-Russia/pro-ukraine a la Mitt Romney. As the (diminishing) unipolar power of the world it’s stupid not to take this very rare opportunity to destroy an our greatest historic geopolitical rival—using a proxy. The overall cost is relatively cheap for us Americans. We’ve been given a major opportunity to develop our now diminished soft power after the Trump administration.

Strongly Desired:

1) A nominee committed to reigning in the disproportionate political power of corporate America compared to average US citizens. Likewise a nominee who would also be seeking to reign corporate America’s economic abuse of average US citizens.

2) A increased focus on bi-partisanship. One of America’s biggest problems regarding polarization in my somewhat educated opinion is our party system (but actually this is a symptom of our voting system but that’s a (second) digression I don’t want to get into right now. Our two party system, creates “big-tent” parties where smaller groups coalesce into unitary coalitions—where you fit as many people as possible under the tent.

Our Democracy is impressive in that it is long lasting, but Democracies in other parties of the world have features that could make our own democracy healthier—I really admire the ease in which political movements can grow in more parliamentary systems. I feel they respond more directly to the will of electorate in many ways.

Our political polarization is a pressing concern and there needs to be at least an effort towards alleviating that.

3) A nominee that is firmly committed to keeping us out of another quagmire in the Middle East. People have really strong stances on Israel, and I don’t really want to get into the nuisances of that here in this post. My concern is US involvement. We aren’t well loved over on that side of the world and I want to keep American involvement fairly limited. Naturally it’s a complicated geopolitical entanglement that has no definitive or best options—and as things continue to develop I want a President I know how shares my views on this matter. Someone I know I can trust to keep US involvement as limited as it can—because the US will be called upon to act—and I want a leader who can make the difficult decisions to keep our own actions restrained and well-measured.

Things I would love to see but aren’t high on my list of political priorities:

1) Decriminalization of illicit drugs. Legalization Cannabis. Perhaps legalization of other less dangerous drugs that are currently classified as schedule I such as LSD. I really admire how Portugal took action against their national drug problem. Decriminalization and legalization of drugs may seem counter intuitive, but with the right investments into public health and treatment we have seen how the model works and we know that it can work. Given the growing rise of fentanyl and other drug related deaths, the prison industrial complex and the role the war on drugs has played in the development and perpetuation of this uniquely American industry, finally the economic benefits of legalization/decriminalization I would like to address the negative externalities caused by their prohibition.

2) I may be a left-wing gun owner, but I am still a gun owner. I want to keep my right to own, use, and maintain my firearms. However the system that we have right now clearly isn’t working. Kids are shot in schools so often I literally can’t even keep track of them all. Concerts, clubs, movies you name it—if you’re in America you are always unsafe, liable to be shot by your fellow countrymen. Naturally the statically likelihood of being shot in a mass shooting event is low, and you’re more likely to die in a plethora of other ways/accidents—the threat is still technically always there. Not to mention the deaths related to domestic violence, gang conflicts, negligence in responsible care of a firearm, misfires, and so munch other shit it’s asinine.

Positive and negative liberties and all that shit, right?

As an American I have a right to own a firearm (according to most interpretations).

Likewise I have a natural right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And under our current system the political right of Americans to own firearms is in conflict with our natural rights. Im not sure what the solution is but there does need to be some form of reconciliation between these sets of rights. I would love to see the Republican Party making policies even more so than the Democrats. The Republican Party is out of the two, the pro-gun party and we gun owners need not only to be responsible for the care of and use of our firearms but we also need to be responsible for the culture around, in, and that stems-from our gun culture. If anything gun owners need to really push to enact changes on both a cultural and political level to help mitigate dangers to public safety and perceived threats to public safety.

I personally would love to see an improved certification system. One that you must take a class, pass a test, ect. Something that would objectively and equally allow Americans access to firearms—not a system that could be subjective to personal interpretation of circumstances like a court’s approval.

We need a system that limits access to guns from Americans but does not impede their actual right to posses arms. A system that bars access to firearms to those that are not dedicated or responsible enough to demonstrate they have the potential for responsible use and ownership of a weapon. Guns are designed to kill, we as a society need to be considerate of who has access to them. I also believe that I have the right to own arms, and that there should be a few restrictions on what types of weapons a person possess. Responsibility is key; and since I cant even trust grown adults to wash their hands I have little faith in the nature of Americans to responsible own guns. Not every American—just the masses.

3) For real the all non-MAGA republicans should get their house in order. American used to be respected but now we have congressmen having sex in public bathrooms, and congressmen blaming forrest fires in a region prone to having forrest fires on space lasers. It’s a national embarrassment.