Clearly you can tell by now I don’t want Donald Trump to be president of the United States. It’s not about ideology because he doesn’t have any. It’s not like I’m a liberal because at earlier junctures in my life I voted for Gerald Ford, Reagan once, Bush 41 twice, Bob Dole…and then something in me changed as I watched what was happening to the GOP as a party. Namely–it became a selfish, immature, freakish, dysfunctional collection of different movements who care more about their specific desires than the overall good of the country.
I have no real defining ideology. I just want our leaders to be qualified and honest. I have no check list of social issues a candidate has to pass beyond those, except I think foreign policy experience is fairly important if you’re going to be commander in chief.
Hence, it’s been easy for me to endorse John Kasich although realizing the odds are stacked heavily against him given the current culture in America. Imagine what I just wrote–namely, that the most qualified candidate who’s a very nice human being and someone you’d want your son to emulate has virtually no chance in this election because of what we’ve become as a country.
I saw this last night on the Lawrence O’ Donnell show and wanted to post it on here today before the results start coming in from Michigan later tonight. Spot on, Lawrence O’ Donnell.
Thanks Mike~ sharing!