A farcical presidential campaign

WHAT amazes me about the presidential election campaign is that if asked what each candidate stood for and what they believed in, the majority of people on the street would be unable to tell you.

Each candidate has systematically proved that they are unable to run a campaign based on their own merits because they have reduced themselves to deconstructing the other candidate’s characters and any possible previous misdemeanours.

What is staggering is that candidates have only been targeted by their “colleagues” when they have looked remotely threatening in the polls. It demonstrates blatant insecurities and a serious lack of ethics that is not reflective of what we should expect of a President.

Without a satisfactory definition of the role of President, it is impossible to state what the public expects from this position, but I think it is fair to say that a group of adults, who have behaved in a manner reminiscent of a playground spat, do not fit any potential definition or match the admirable conduct demonstrated by the two previous presidents.

It has proved to be a farcical campaign by all candidates that has undermined public confidence and shown the political establishment to be increasingly removed from what it should be trying to achieve and become almost, dare I say it, laughable.

Joanna McRae

Clancoolmore

Bandon

Co Cork