I Would Vote for Trump - If This Were 1992

Happy middle of the week, Friends,

I watched some amazing footage yesterday.

It was an interview between NBC's Chris Matthews and Donald Trump from 1992. Back then, another Clinton was running for the presidency and was fending off some very nasty personal attacks from the GOP.

Matthews was interviewing Trump about his personal goals and ambitions and asked if he would ever consider running for president.

After having already adamantly defended Bill Clinton's personal life, Trump admitted he would be interested in being president, and he had the perfect running mate.

Now, who do you think that might have been?

No, it wasn't some high-profile Republican of the day. It wasn't even someone from the business world.

Trump's perfect choice for vice president was none other than Oprah Winfrey (perhaps, not a bad choice for him now).

That was not the only surprise.

Trump said he'd run on a platform of taxing the super rich to stimulate the economy. Not only that, he had specific numbers on how much money his plan would inject into the economy and numbers on its ultimate impact.

Specifics from Trump--it was almost surreal!

Other views he expressed were well to the left of where he stands now.

Has anybody seen this guy? He disappeared some time during the last eight years and
hasn't been seen since. Rumor has it that his evil Doppelganger is running for President.

Nubbs of 1992 actually came across as a serious individual who had studied the issues and had carefully considered some genuine solutions.

What happened to that guy? I could actually vote for that guy!

The Trump we have now is a caricature of a presidential candidate, who has taken a sacred institution and made a mockery of it. I know it's because he senses that this is his path to victory.

But what Nubbs should understand is that his means--the total disruption of our political establishment and system--are taking us down to a level of civility from which American politics will struggle to ever recover. The ends don't justify them.

Is Trump's the kind of nastiness we want in our politics permanently?

I say that after several more months of it, we'll be looking for a different option.