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It was the incompetence of the Democrats that gave us 8 years of Bush 43.
It was the incompetence of the Republicans that gave us 8 years of Obama 44.
It is the incompetence of the Democrats that will give us 8 years of Trump 45.

Who is this working for (I mean for those of us outside the beltway)? Sure, Trump is shaking things up, but at the end of the day, he is doing it for Trump and the Trumpista cronies. If he helps the people along the way, that's mere collateral damage.

If it were just for that, I'd chalk it up to beltway business as usual. But Trump is a seriously bad choice at a worse time. He doesn't understand what made America great in the first place. He conflates the economy with stock market. He thinks China is the enemy instead of one of the countries that facilitates our lifestyle. He  won't move past Russia, resurrecting it every day in a stupid he-said she-said tweet. He wants to act like a fight promoter among Venezuelan dictators and Middle East mullahs. He goes out of his way to belittle people who are better than he is. He wants to slow immigrants, who are going to be the only economic cushion left after the baby boomers retire. The man is inexplicable, unless that explanation includes "madman". In the process, he moves us further away from freedom.

Lately we hear about socialism, like that is somehow Trump's new crusade. I have news. We're only going to get more socialism:

The entire public discussion revolves around what the politicians should “allow” or “forbid” the rest of us to do next, based on an unquestioning assumption of their moral authority to make such decisions for us.

I have just about given up on the process (18 months until the election). There are a handful of Democratic Party candidates that might be better at this than DJT, but their chances of getting good media coverage is nil. The Dems pick someone like Kammy Harris, who isn't up for this kind of fight. Or like Lizzie Warren, who is up for the fight, but doesn't have sharp enough arrows in her quiver.

To be honest, I was hoping for a Republican this time, but I see that isn't going to happen either. Therefore, I am officially calling it: Trump for another term.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H.L. Mencken