Today, when someone says "Any child can grow up to be president", parents immediately

[Atticus]

think "Oh, please---not MY child! We're teaching (him or her) to be a good and decent person!"

[malaise]

1. Alternatively they may say

No - see what we got for believing that shit - this one should never have been president

[Newest Reality]

2. You said it...

We can now see a real flaw in that old saying. In fact, we have worse than just anyone: some sort of malignant mutation of sorts.

At this point though, we might do better with a slug with its brain wired to laptop as our President. Anyone else for President!

[cos dem]

3. we favor unreasonably huge subsidies to the brain slug planet

[Newest Reality]

6. This just in...

President Myron Slug has called for huge subsidies for the personal lubricants industry today, and has declared that his Administration will work hard to criminalize escargot. He also floated a trial balloon on making salt an illegal substance and banning it entirely.

[malaise]

4. THIS

some sort of malignant mutation -perfect

[lame54]

5. Except Trump has never grown up