Average Punditry

I'm not your average political pundit. Probably not a pundit at all, if it requires an opinion on everything. People who want to be left alone aren't really interested in knowing more about people who want to lord it over us. Maybe I follow it for a glimmer of hope that someone will get up there on the podium and say "I am going to get government out of your life". Ha. I crack myself up. Those aren't the kind of people who want the job. 

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams

It's not supposed to be this important a job anyway. I bet if Trump would simply read the job description, he would immediately withdraw. In fact, I'm certain of it.

There's a book out now that makes the case that the best presidents were not the ones whose pictures we put on federal reserve notes, but the ones who strived to protect the constitution. Ever heard of John Tyler or Calvin Coolidge? Outside of seeing their pictures on a grade school chart? These guys knew how to run a country.

I cycle in and out of the political landscape regularly each election season. Usually go away for the rest of the year when the last candidate standing (i.e., the one that I'd like to see more from) is eliminated. That hasn't happened yet. But there's only one left that they still show on TV.

Here I am down to Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz, you say? Yes, I would vote for Ted Cruz. More to the point, I would vote for Tom Cruise before I'd vote for Trump. Ted would at least know what to do with a supreme court nomination.

I could make a case for not voting. Doug Casey sums it up pretty well here. But if there is a candidate worth getting out of bed to go vote for, I will still do it. Sometimes I'll even vote in self defense. You can thank me now for voting against Al Gore, but most of the time my guy simply finishes out of the money.

Phil Gramm may have been the last GOP candidate who cared about the economy. Ones who do tend to make better decisions. And this was only four years after WJ Clinton ran on "it's the economy, stupid". I'll vote for the next politician who says "it's the stupid economy" now. 

My prediction is that in 3 weeks the race will be down to the two democrats. The one who declared as a republican, and the one who managed to stay out of jail. I will probably vote for Gary Johnson again, but that's all I can do for you this time.