The Apprentice and the Presidential Island

London Telegraph ^ | February 18th, 2016 | reasonmclucus

[kathsua]

I’ve never been interested in the survivor type programs, including Donald Trump’s sophisticated program “The Apprentice“, but am familiar with the basic way they work.

“The Apprentice” provides the best model for choosing a president, but the political parties should also consider the process of “voting people off the island”. On the basic “Survivor” programs contestants are divided into tribes and work together to survive in a wilderness setting. They conduct periodic votes in which individuals are gradually “voted off the island” until only one remains. On “The Apprentice” contestants are assigned business related tasks. Donald Trump, or comparable people in other countries, gradually eliminates the least productive individuals by telling them “you’re fired.

[kathsua]

So. It sounds better than just believing what the candidates say because we know some of what they say is lies, but we can't tell which statements are lies until later. But I'd like a little more about the candidates other than Clinton and the Cubans.

[Tax-chick]

Among my household’s voters, one favors a Thunderdome-style cage fight. Another would like to see a cross-country road race. A rather boring daughter proposed coin-flipping. I’m the pacifist and prefer an Iron Chef cookoff.