Has Trump Gone Too Far?

[*wildcats forever*]

(08-07-2016, 05:40 PM)McC Wrote: Let me throw this out there--suppose a lot of people gravitated to Trump in the beginning, before he had the chance to bury both feet in his mouth, when the idea of an outsider had great appeal to a public sick of Washington politicians.  And suppose many of them have stuck to the idea, even though the man is a train wreck.  And suppose others are sticking with him because Hillary is just that bad.  And then suppose others are saying they're still with him but might not end up voting for him.  Maybe it makes some sense if you look at it that way.

Really, Hillary is everything he came into it claiming he was there to stand against.  But he's just too much of a colossal asshole to take advantage of what was a golden opportunity.   That's what pisses me off so much about him being such a tool.  The job was there for the taking.

Hillary should take great pride in beating the worst candidate ever.  If she was really as smart as she thinks she is, she would just say nothing until November and let him beat himself.  Ah, but her massive ego could never allow that.

I take no issue with your suppositions, all quite reasonable and easy to grasp. I am one of those that wished an outsider of merit actually existed. The closest we got to that was Bernie, who is hardly an outsider but was someone I saw as being the most genuinely passionate about policy - not politics.

As for Trump, I was repulsed by him long before this fiasco. His reality show seemed to be a good fit at best. And HRC is just another dues-paying, good ole boy politician if there ever was one. I don't underestimate her at all. The thing that both of these candidates have done for me, and hopefully everyone else, is directing my full attention on the down ballot in this election. Replacing the obstructionist incumbents up for re-election is the biggest hope I have this time around.

Once again however, on the presidential level I'm voting for the lessor of two evils instead of having a candidate that I'd be proud to support.