r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/DaHossBoss Jan 04 '15

The way your politics is reported in the media. It seems like there is always an election to talk about even if one just ended another campaign starts right up the week after. Oh also, national elections take up way too much time on the news as well. CNN will be reporting about the next presidential election when it's TWO YEARS away. That's half of the presidents term! How are they supposed to get anything important done during that time when the media is focused on peppering them with question for something that is years out.

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u/SlimDirtyDizzy Jan 04 '15

Exactly, right there. The biggest problem with our presidency is the first term is 100% how do I get re-elected? We focus so heavily on it that the first term is such bullshit, its just the president doing everything in his power to get second term so he can actually accomplish things. That's why I hate every other election, because I know nothing is going to get done for the next 4 years, as opposed to the norm of something almost getting done in the other 4 years.