Political Views

The election happened this week and there are people who are thrilled and people who are... not so thrilled.

Let me be clear, I don't like politics. I consider myself a non-partisan and I have major anxiety over government and economics. My main problem with politics is that we are voting for people. In my opinion, in order to be a politician, you have to be a bit stupid or a bit of an asshole. Or a bitch if you're a politicianess. (My hats off to the bitchy politicianesses this year, by the way. A big Spice Girl "GIRL POWAH" to you!)

People who care about other people's opinions and want to avoid conflict rarely go into politics. Assholes, idiots and bitches have made a career out of it. Good on them because no one else wants to do that job, but then you get large groups of people hating on the politicians and hating groups that support them. Then the assholes, bitches and idiots might have their own personal agendas that they kept secret from their campaign and they turn out to be even bigger assholes, idiots and bitches. Just too many people with too many opinions and too many hidden motives.

That's why I want a robot for president.

I think this is the best idea ever. Before you go crazy with the “Haven't you watched BSG” argument, let me assure you that I have. And if I'm correct, the human characters weren't that great either. These are my reasons for wanting a POTUS-bot.

POTUS-bot would probably have to start as a senator. It's a typical move for most politicians of the mammalian persuasion. And filibustering is a non-issue when robots never need sleep. Things would get done. Between a law and sleep, what do you think a human is going to choose after a while?

Robots are built to be logical and unbiased. POTUS-bot would policies into effect that are better for the whole of America rather than individual beliefs based on rural or city culture.

Robots can't lie. Have you seen movies about robots? They're pretty upfront with what they want. Imagine POTUS-bot's campaign trail! POTUS-bot would be upfront with everything on his platform.

And most important, if built correctly, robots are not prone to human flaws such as greed or lust. Therefore, no scandals to be had!

Now the only obstacle that might stand in POTUS-bot's way is the human race's fear of robots. Media, filmmakers and book authors have not exactly painted a positive image of the mechanical products of man. Bill O'Reilly and Fox News would have a heyday with POTUS-bot.

However, think of it this way: the closest you'll get to a Jed Bartlett-like president is a Star Trek character. And if we can't have a Picard, we can always build a Data.