San Bernardino: A reflection of our country but not in the way you think.

This week we had another mass shooting occur in San Bernardino. Once again the nation was shocked as it watch the drama play out on our TV's. As in so many other major news events, social media blew up and pushed politics to the fore front. It is this angle that I think we need to look at this particular event. I feel the shootings in San Bernardino gave us a window into our nation. Not the event itself but how we as a nation reacted.

When I saw the first news flash, I decided I was just going to step back and see the reaction and how the media reported this. While at lunch I followed the events on Twitter, which I suggest you try at least once just to view the world a little differently. Before the authorities could even give us any details on injuries, number of shooters, location of the shooters, etc, people were already pushing their political agendas as it concerned gun control. Even with little information being released, the media ran wild with speculation. The professional pundits almost salivating at their chance to get in front of the media and deliver the spin. This attitude however was not limited to the pros in the media. Thousands swarmed to social media to show just how outraged and morally superior they are. The bodies weren't even cold yet and the chat room battles were already in full bloom.

In all honesty, if you commented on the San Bernardino shooting within the first 24-30 hours after the event, you were just basically spewing your own political views. If you remember the first reports weren't sure of the number of shooters. Then they reported the shooters were white which meant it had to be some NRA loving gun nuts that did it. When is our dear leader Obama going to do something about these constitution loving freaks????? Oh wait what? They weren't white.... well these damn men and their guns. You know women would never do this. Uh.. what? One of the shooters was a woman. well.. uh.. Trump sucks!!!!! The stuff that was on social media was insane.
It was contagious too, The New York Daily News produced a shocking cover just hours after the shootings. This of course before the fully story had come to light but its doesn't matter because the Daily News got the reaction and coverage it wanted.

The dead in the shooting were almost an after thought. It appears that everyone has a political agenda and if a tragedy helps them push it then they are just fine with that. The amount of irrational venom spewing the last few days has been insane. The sad part is that very few people were able to actually cite actual facts for their argument.  We as a nation will never be able to work through our issues until we start acting like rational adults and using logic and reason to develop a proper hypothesis for solving our problem. Quit worrying about your "enemy" in the chat rooms and start focusing on being knowledgeable and correct on the topics.

Platt Robertson
Write-In Candidate for President
   

Why I'm running?? Hillary, Trump, and Bernie

I have been asked plenty of times why I have run for President in the past. In 2008 it was kind of a lark. I had a coworker back then that said he would vote for me if I ran. Having work elections before, I decide to do some research. With a little work, I became a official candidate in a couple of states. I did a radio interview and got some pub and that was fun. By the time 2012 came around, I had educated myself more on the issues facing us. People starting asking serious question when they found out I had ran for President and I wanted to give them the right answers. In 2012 I had formed some opinions and want to express those so I ran again. The reason I'm running this is simple. You people are actually think about electing Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, or Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.

Lets start with Hillary Clinton. I hear people all the time say they don't like professional politicians. So your telling me that the answer to career politicians is voting for Hillary??? The same Hillary that makes millions giving speeches about her 40 years in the political arena. She actually took money from Donald Trump when she was in the Senate. Talk about someone with skeletons in their closest, literally and figuratively. Finally, do we really want Bill around any more White House interns??

Some say we need an outsider like Donald Trump to fix things around here. So a man that grew up rich and became richer partially due to his ability to get politicians to do him favors is an "outsider."
This guy brags about the empire he build but fails to mention the $1 million loan his father gave him to get started. Lets be honest, this guy has a reality TV show and was once in a WrestleMania. Is that what you want from a President. Also, can you elect someone with that kind of hair??

Lastly, the bell of the ball, Bernie Sanders. This guy thinks Socialism and more spending will fix everything. If only a country that is over $18 trillion in debt would just spend more things will be just fine. This coming from a guy that has only worked jobs in which he sucks off the taxpayers tit. I wish Bernie would tell us where this great Socialist utopia is that can be an example for us. I bet if you asked folks in Cuba and Venezuela about it they would give you a different opinion. With the success of the American experiment and abject failure of Marxism, how are we still having this discussion???? 

Hopefully over the next year I will present a strong enough argument to persuade you not to vote for these guys and give someone else , maybe me, a chance.

Platt Robertson
Write-in Candidate