I will NEVER vote for Donald Trump.
1. Retweeting a bad photo of Cruz’s wife along side a beautiful photo his own wife.
2. Mocking Rubios ears & short stature.
3. Bullying everyone he disagrees with
4. Dodging serious questions to avoid exposing his lack of knowledge.
5. Wants to kill the families of terrorists.
6. Lowering the public discourse of our nation to that of a junior high school locker room.
7. Has flip flopped on almost every major issue important to a REAL conservative. (I went there, deal with it)
8. Has given money to liberal politicians to buy favor despite the positions those liberals held.
9. The most shallow person besides Edwards to run for potus in my lifetime.
For the first time in my life I don't have a candidate that I believe in & I will NOT be voting against anyone either.
The American people created the mess our country is in by continually reelecting corrupt politicians. If Hillary wins America gets what it deserves for being uninformed dupes. Same goes for a Trump victory.
In this aspect I suppose I will be as popular as rderp for his proclamation earlier this week.
Bad choice! Not because I think either Trump or Hillary are great, but because there is an underlying reason.
You see Grampa, you said it yourself in your closing statement of the OP, "The American people created the mess our country is in." You sir, get a star for accuracy! But you didn't take it far enough. The politcal party's helped it along by not really giving us much of anything to vote for either. No matter what you personally think of Reagan, he was a very, very, popular President, and the GOP could not stand the man. They stood against him tooth and nail until he finally won enough candidates to secure the nomination. The apparatus wanted to retain control of power, and he would not let them. When Bush SR got in, balance was restored for all in Washington. Reagan was not really an outsider, it just wasn't his turn you know. It wasn't Bill Clintons turn either, and yet, no matter what we think of them as partisans, they did pretty well.
Now I am not a Trump supporter, or one of his apologists, but I do know this--------------> he is no worse, and probably less crooked than Hillary. But even that is not the point! If the American public defeat the GOP at their own game, and then turn around and defeat the Democratic machine also, politics will be changed for the better in the future, even if Trump were only a 1 term President.
Why?
Because the myth that the two party system exerts total control of the process would go up in smoke. They would be far more inclined to listen to their constituents, for fear that they to would get the boot from a disenchanted public. It would also allow for less stringent, ideological candidates to run for office. The party line would go out the window. To understand the theory, you must realize that Evangelicals are in many cases, supporting Trump. Re-read that last sentence, then someone try and explain how that can possibly be.
So, when I consider the Presidency, I consider it this way-----------> Bernie, Hillary, Trump.....................besides their supporters wishes, who is the one candidate who would change the political process for years to come for the better, just by being successful? That would be Trump. Not because he so wonderful or good, but because he broke the back of "politics as usual." His success would be the impetus for other to try giving all of us far more choices, and it would reign in the arrogance of the two party's that seem to believe that the Presidency of the United States is their birthright, and the only thing they need fear is someone in the other party with a prettier smile who can lie a little better.
Remember "hope and change?" Well, I don't know about "hope," but if you want to throw a monkey wrench into the Washington DC power elite who control this country, then you really want political "change." A very wise person once said-------------> "The President is NOT a person, the President is really the people who surround him/her, and give him/her counsel." So, do we want retreads again? Not me! I may not be for hope, but I am for change-) And 4 years from now? Maybe the party's will have learned, or maybe someone will step forward because of the "breaking of Washington DCs formula." In any case, I am all for it!