I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft/
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping/
For this is the land where the Pharaoh died...
- The Doors (Jim Morrison) "Texas Radio & the Big Beat"
Welp. It's official and nobody can take it back.
The Republican Party officially nominated Donald Trump - without argument the least qualified human being to ever run for the highest office of the land - to run for President of the United States.
We are now running a great risk that Trump - a con artist with no genuine political skill, running on impossible and vague promises - could actually win in November. As of today, Nate Silver and crew at the 538 website have Trump at 38 percent chance of winning. That's not good.
There is every likelihood that Trump's numbers are improving because there's traditionally a bounce in the polls surrounding the nominating convention week, but we can't take anything for granted.
It'd be nice to see who Hillary selects for her Vice Presidential pick as the Democrats head into their Philly convention next week, and see if she can regain her momentum.
It'd be nice to see American voters try to realize the severity of what Trump represents: racist misogyny driven by ignorance and desperate to sell fear. The punditry have noted that so far the Republican convention has been so overwhelmed by the Far Right narrative - BENGHAZI! Hillary should be in jail! Obama's a Secret Muslim! All of that has been openly said at the podium this week - that it's unlikely that anyone's opinions have changed so far. But the pundits are one thing, the voters are another.
God, I hate feeling like this. The dread of a potential disaster of a Trump Presidency.
2 comments:
Trump is certainly the least qualified major party nominee in U.S. history. Honestly, the fictional Selena Meyer from "Veep" would be a better choice and she doesn't even exist. As for as minor party candidates, I've already said he's worse than George Wallace. He's also less suitable and qualified than nearly all the minor party candidates I can think of. He might even be worse than Vermin Supreme. At least he knows he's a joke!
This is why we MUST stay informed about political developments from now until November, and we MUST vote.
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