Trump is proving a point I made a year ago

[rpannier]

Someone told me we needed somebody to shake up Washington
I said, "You know what shakes things up right? Earthquakes shake things up. Volcanoes shake things up. And it always ends badly for the people nearest them."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Smart, stable, and capable leaders

seem to be highly underrated in American politics nowadays. I mean, why settle for somebody boring and technocratic like Hillary Clinton or Al Gore when you can have somebody infinitely more exciting- in all the wrong ways- like Donald Trump or George W. Bush? Enough Americans felt like they could share a beer with "W". Enough Americans knew that Trump was a sleazeball, yet somehow believed that he'd fight for "the little guy". You go Trump voters!!!

[rpannier]

2. I will take a president like trump in

a movie, TV show, comedy sketch, but that is as far as it should ever go

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Well, he was featured as President in The Simpsons once

Unfortunately, we're all now living in his new 4-year reality show of "The American Presidency"

[rpannier]

4. Depressing

And to think I thoight Cruz and Santorum were the worst two running

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. I thought

that George W. Bush/Dick Cheney was as far down the barrel as we could go. Hell, even though Sarah Palin was a loon, she had some government experience. As so often happen, one should NEVER underestimate the ignorance, naivete, and sheer malice of a substantial portion of the American electorate.