You and I have long talked about setting a higher standard for high political office. I believe being a leader of anything takes character, and the United States demands that. There hasn't been in a long time in part, because of the argument you're making.
True, we have long discussed needing higher standards for political office, but considering the political and electoral systems in place, good people are weeded out, get frustrated, recognize these systems and the campaigning environment for what they are and refuse to subject themselves to it therefore public service.
Secondly, both sides lied like **** so false accusations are a non starter. When you sling cow **** you can't claim to be totally clean.
A true professional would be able to set their petty feelings aside and conduct a forum in an adult manner, set an example and at least try to show the people that the next four years are not going to be more petty, intercine, gotcha squabbling. Instead they both demonstrate that its business as usual in Washington, fighting over scraps like beggars at a banquette.
There were quite a few adult, establishment politicians running in the GOP primary, but they were only repeating the same old song and dance / party line (with a little variation), and not addressing the concerns of the electorate, which apparently had had enough of that, hence the GOP primary outcome. Seems that electorate has become frustrated and impatient at the 'same ol' same ol' and are looking for a change in direction.
On the Dem side, there was Bernie, definitely not an establishment politician, who, it would appear, was torpedoed by the DNC in favor for an establishment candidate.
The longer you allow them to behave like children, the longer the country will be childishly run and both sides stop playing to partisan anger and hatred. None of you has learned from the Obama years, still following exactly as Machiavelli predicted in "the Prince".
So far I can see no real difference between the "alt right" and the Obama apologists...it's SOS, same **** only softer.
The "alt right" is from the fevered imaginations of the left, in search of a boogeyman, not only one on which they can blame the election loss, but one they can just as equally pivot and attach the president-elect and his administration, before it even has begun, if you can imagine.
I think the political left, along with their media lapdogs, as demonstrated by their colluding with their favored campaign, will make their negative one sided coverage of Bush when he was in office look like a walk in the park, or perhaps fair and balanced in comparison. Any Trump positive will be regulated to the back pages if covered at all, and any Trump negative will be front page news and heavily covered. This isn't serving the nation, nor is it serving the nation well.
I take solace in in the impression that the electorate has now seen the media for what it is, and what it does, and perhaps the electorate will ignore their biased attacks, so they have no impact. The media, no doubt, will continue the same, only to wake up one day and find themselves ignored, having relegated themselves to that role and position through their self-inflicted and self-mandated biased attacks.
They need to return to 'just the facts', at least their news coverage does.
