Sometimes I wonder.
This political season has given us plenty of entertainment from both major parties. Hillary and Bernie for the Democrats, and Trump and Cruz in signature performances for the Republicans. Great entertainment, but very little leadership or hope for America’s future.
Leaving aside the fact that Hillary was one of the most corrupt, dishonest, and contemptible politicians in US history, she will now be widely remembered mainly for barking like a dog in front of the whole world.
This image, one of the funniest and most entertaining images ever put on a national political ballot, will surely come back to haunt Hillary for years to come, whether or not she wins the presidential election. But it will absolutely come back if she wins the presidential election!
“Madam President, what is your position on America’s economic health?” “Arf, arf, arf, arf.” Madam President, what about the threat of Russian expansionism? “Arf, arf, arf, arf.” The opportunities for our enemies to ridicule Hillary are simply endless.
I see edited video creations popping up on YouTube for every issue the president and country face. If elected, Hillary Clinton’s presidency will be an even bigger joke than Barack H. Obama’s was. Especially if she wears an orange jumpsuit and gives press conferences not from the White House press room but from a “visitors’ center” in a federal prison.
Picture this: Hillary sitting on the other side of a glass window with a phone in her hand, and answering questions from reporters on the other side of a glass window, with a phone in her hand. Just the sight of it is entertaining.
And the fact that she can’t oust a doddering senior communist from the Democratic Party nominating process says a lot about Hillary’s popularity with voters, even within her own party.
Even though many youthful people “feel Bernie,” thanks in immense part to promises of free stuff for everyone, Bernie is just an senior fool playing to an audience of self-absorbed people. “Generation Me-Me.” If Bernie were “the Colonel,” he’d be offering everyone free chicken!
On the Republican side, we have a billionaire businessman who can’t keep track of what he says from day to day, often contradicting himself in the same day. Not to mention countless hours of archived video that paint him in a much less favorable featherlight on almost every topic he discusses.
His main claims to fame in presidential politics are his promises to “build a wall and make Mexico pay for it” and “win, win.” Although he has never been able to put into words how he intends to achieve these goals, voters are simply expected to trust him to do so.
Trump’s main opponent on the Republican side is Ted Cruz, a Texas senator whose only accomplishment during his compact tenure in the U.S. Senate was shutting down the government.
His record certainly does not include any significant legislative accomplishments. While everyone recognizes his skills as a debater, stage presence alone is not necessarily an indicator of presidential leadership.
And then there’s John Kasich. The apparently tone-deaf Ohio governor who apparently thinks that bragging about his long tenure in Congress is something that GOP voters will look favorably on, when the reality is that Americans are infirmed of “career politicians.” Maybe that’s why he’s so different from the rest.
I think we Americans deserve so much more than the politicians we’ve been saddled with for decades. But then again, when only half the population takes the time to vote on Election Day—legal voters—and many of those votes are based simply on whether there’s an “R” or a “D” next to their name, we really only have ourselves to blame.
Perhaps we will get exactly what we deserve.
