Think About It

We're going to be just fine with Hillary Clinton as president. She is absolutely the only qualified candidate- even more qualified than my man, Bernie Sanders. No republican who took the stage for the primaries was as qualified as she is. That's how and why they wound up with Trump. He is the designated loser. Any of the others would have lost to her. Look back at the eighteen or so former contestants and see if you can pick one that "shoulda been..." I bet you can't.

I've been contending for years that the GOP does not want the presidency. They are not leaders. They fancy themselves better on offense though because they are very offensive people by nature. Trump is too and that's another reason why he was a rather genius pick to be the fall guy for the party. He isn't really one of them so they won't lose in November, he will.

Today's GOP is a party of anarchist rebels who hate government. It's all they talk about so it would follow that it's disingenuous and kinda foolish to put anti-government people in government. That was tried with the Tea Party folk and nothing good came of that.

Barack Obama did (and is still doing) a tremendous job as president despite nothing but obstruction from congress. Hillary Clinton will face the same obstruction but may at least have a democratic majority in the senate to undo much of the republican house chicanery. If you think they hate him more than her, you haven't been paying attention. They have been hoping for and fearing an HRC presidency since Bill left office. They are going to get it.

Republicans are at their best when they are complaining. The self-proclaimed "Party Of Personal Responsibility" points fingers at absolutely everyone but themselves. It's comical to read comments on the internet about various races, genders and liberals in general about how they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and not rely on government. And they could do that if only they wise up...and put more republicans in government...

Mind you, the GOP loves having their own senators and congressmen in Washington. They just don't want one of their guys in The White House. That would seem kinda weak and foolish but it's actually just cowardly and smart.

They can't lead. They know it but, they don't want you to know it. GW Bush proved that. The ensuing weak campaigns of McCain, Romney and now Trump further illustrate that. 330 million people in this country and they can't come up with a solid presidential candidate? They have not legitimately won the presidency since GHW Bush back in the 20th century. You can look that up.

Why win? You get your guy in the WH and you're looking at 4 years of playing defense of a guy that is likely indefensible. This GOP is best at attacking. They need a black man or a white woman in the WH to do that. No one in the democratic party wants Hillary Clinton in the WH more that the GOP does. Fox news is a close second. They make billions attacking democrats. They do not want to be Kevin Bacon at the end of Animal House repeating: "REMAIN CALM! ALL IS WELL!" while getting run over by the masses. Let's face it- Fox is the GOP. Fox is a business and so is the GOP. They make their money attacking and selling the notion that they can lead. They don't want to disprove that.

They do though at the state level. There are currently 31 republican governors. When Trump (or anyone) talks about how not-great America is, shouldn't a  republican majority of governors be complicit in that?

They've been wisely spending their loot on securing these governorship's to advance their cause because that is the slowest but surest way to affect change in America. Kansas and Louisiana can fail under republicans but you can always blame the black democrat president. Or the woman. But, that's wearing old and more people are looking at the failures of their state's leaders and thinking that maybe it isn't the black guy after all.

Where Kansas went wrong was in foolishly implementing republican rhetoric into actual policy. Oops! It's theory- not practice, dummies!

In what business would your model be to take in less money and give your services away for free to your best (wealthiest) customers?! No business that I know of and certainly no (successful) government. But, that is essentially what Kansas did and what the republicans tout as their plan for the US government. It's ridiculous to even pretend that it works.

It works on stupid people though and, in a nation of 330 million, the numbers alone allow for millions of stupid people.

That brings us back to Trump. Can you imagine that anyone who is not already a millionaire themselves would think for a moment that an (alleged) billionaire actually cares about them? Or, that he would be their savior? Actual billionaires like Mark Cuban and Michael Bloomberg laugh at Trump. They know he's not a billionaire because they've never seen him at the meetings. I believe Cuban said that the only way Trump is a billionaire is if Cuban gave him $975 million to wash his balls. I'd do it for half that!

So, Trump has millions and that's great but, not if your claim to fame is having billions. No doubt that his refusal to release his taxes is less about what might be there and more about what isn't there. He has nearly ten billion reasons for why he doesn't want to make his taxes public.

Hillary Clinton. She is the best prepared candidate for the presidency in decades. She has the resume' and the talent to do the job. Oh, but she's "untrustworthy". Who told you that? The media and the GOP who have dogged her for 25 years? Has she ever been indicted for these crimes you have been told she committed? Of course not. Talk is cheap but it pays well in a country that is obsessed with Kardashians. I honestly don't know why the republicans didn't run Kim. She might be smarter than anyone thought and turned them down. If you're looking for a fresh face in politics and someone who could have beginners luck and had a reality show, Kim would fit that bill as good as Trump does.

But, the presidency actually is a position for career politicians. Hillary is a career politician. She knows exactly what to do and how to do it. If you don't think that is important, you simply do not think.