Everyone seems to calculate differently how far away from election day we are. Some count today. Some don't. Some count election day itself. Some don't.
But one thing is for certain. We're within 60 days of disaster.
Here's where we stand. We've got a narcissistic and manipulative pathological liar, who loves strong dictators, running against another smooth liar who's enriched herself off public service and plays by her own set of rules.
Other options are a man who has no grasp of world affairs, a female medical doctor who believes in Utopia, and a little-known former spy who won't be on the ballot in most states.
How did a nation of such excellence wind up in this situation with these choices?
That's a rhetorical question. I don't have the answer.
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| Wouldn't it be great if a candidate's face turned into this every time they lied or insulted your intelligence? Voting would be much easier. |
I believe that Donald Trump is not a serious candidate, and he doesn't really want to be President. It's too much like a really hard job. So, he's simply going through the motions and doing his utmost to offend as many people as possible.
But true to his now-famous quip about shooting someone on 5th Avenue, he's having a hard time casting off voters.
No matter what he says or does, Trump's been maintaining about 40% support.
Fortunately for our country, this is probably not enough to win a multiple candidate race but definitely not enough in a binary one.
Trump is unconcerned. He's already lined up his next, less demanding venture--The 'Trumpbart' news empire. I've talked about it in two earlier posts.
Just look who Trump has in his stable: ex-FOX CEO Roger Ailes, ex-Breitbart News Network CEO Stephen Bannon, Alt Right guru David Bossie, and FOX News celebs like Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, and Bret Baier who have "man out" clauses in their contracts.
That clause allows them to exit FOX News if Ailes leaves the network for any reason. And Van Susteren already has.
This morning we learned of another affront that would destroy any other candidate. Trump gave an interview to RT Russian television in which he praised the country's strongman dictator, Vladimir Putin.
As I said earlier, Trump's behavior is treasonous, and any other U.S. citizen would probably be having a serious sit down with the FBI if they'd been saying the same things on national TV.
Libertarian Gary Johnson may have harmed himself beyond repair yesterday when he admitted on national TV that he didn't know what 'Aleppo' was. He failed Presidential Politics 101.
But all the publicity showered on him over the gaffe, which he'd never received before, may ironically help him in our current crazy environment. He got the most serious media attention he'd received yet.
We'll have to watch next week's polls to see if Johnson actually got a bounce. He'd been slowly moving up toward the 15% he needs in five national polls to be on the debate stage with Clinton and Trump. But he's still about four points shy.
My gut tells me he won't make it, but I really hope I'm wrong.
Ultimately, we may be left with Hillary Clinton as our only option to Donald Trump. I take some solace in knowing she's at least not a maniac.
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