I’m
still holding out for Gov. Walker to be the Republican candidate for president.
How you say? Well, Trump drops out and the Koch brothers give unlimited
support for Walker if only to get the undercard elected. It could happen! But if it's doesn’t, I’ll probably vote
for a third party candidate even if it hands Trump the election. Don’t get me wrong;
I don’t think my vote alone can actually do that. But there’s a ways to go yet
and who knows what the mood of the electorate will be or who will be actually
running?
I
predicted that both Trump and Clinton would be in jail by Election Day.
Although there certainly are other scenarios where voting for either of them
would be a bad idea. If either wins, I’m trusting the system to keep them from
doing too much damage which means I have a lot of faith or I’m terribly naïve’.
But I’ve also said if either wins that I would hideout in an old farmhouse on
the barren plains of Colorado. I'm totally committed.
To
me Trump has a lot of interesting takes on how the world works but most of all,
he reminds me of the kind of white guy who walks around two feet above everyone
else, who thinks he is knows what’s right about everything and has distain for
anyone who questions or criticizes his superiority, opinions, knowledge, or
sexual prowess. It is no wonder that white males are voting for him. He is
their god. However, it is still tempting to vote for Trump for no reason other
than the entertainment value.
Hillary,
on the other hand, feels like an old shoe to me. The familiarity is as if she can be conformed to everyone’s foot. I admit that I’m comfortable with her business as
usual stance. Despite any overtures to the Burning Bernie’s, I suspect she’ll
compromise her way through Washington with only a few nominal changes. But I
really do believe she’d blow the shit out of our enemies if only to show that
she has bigger cojones than any woman who has held the office.
Bernie?
Well Bernie said a lot of good things, but I don’t think America will ever be developed enough to be a Social Democracy. because for most of us that would take personal ethics, some actual trust, grudgeless sharing
and a change of values. But he really tried make us believe we could do it. At first, it looked like real change breaking forth. But then Bernie took the popular
route of resorting to campaigning on what wasn’t true about Hillary’s qualifications only
to reverse it later. How be it,
somewhat reluctantly. I would love to see the hard core Bernie supporters and
the hardcore Trump supporters form a valid and accountable third party. Their
conventions would be measured by the amount of blood that was shed.
In the end, the
next First Lady probably comes down to who wore it best, or perhaps didn’t wear anything best. Of course, there is more to consider. I would have
give Bill a handicap of two interns and a nervous secretary to be named. Even
if you see them both as good possibilities, I think Melania gets the nod because
it’s very possible that Bill will lose his voice altogether. And what designer is
going to make dresses for a First Lady who can’t talk about them. Personally, I think I know about all there is to know about Melania to be happy
with her as my First Lady. I just hope she can get used to slumming it in the
White House.
Regardless
of how it all plays out, I’m sure the Republican Party will be in ICU for quite a while. The closest they’ll get to the White House is the Easter Hunt,
if even then. Their only hope is Ronald Regan and most of us know where he is.
All the misrepresenting of him will not get the majority of Americans to
support some of their current values no matter how much they kick Trump to the curb. But Democrats shouldn’t get too confident. There
is a limit to how much the government runs our lives by incessant rules and
conditional handouts.
Both
parties spend on the ridiculousness of their pet projects and what is owed to
their contributors. Perhaps a third party could put limits on both. When push comes to shove, most americans
like a balance and fairness that gets something done, not a government that glorifies
entrenchment and thinks the national debt will just somehow be magically paid
off. Dreamers, schemers and in-betweeners, that’s what I learned in school
today. That’s what I learned. …..What did you learn in school today?
