2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)He was one of those, "I'll say whatever I think is likeliest to get me to the Oval Office" candidates. He was about him, not about Americans. Total narcissist, up to and including $300 haircuts while running his mouth about two Americas.
No example is more dramatic than indulging himself in an affair while running for President, including having his mistress and baby mama on his campaign bus, while his wife was dying of cancer. Let's say he succeeded in getting the nomination: What do you think the October surprise would have been? And how would that election have gone the following month? M cCain Palin. Probably at least sixteen consecutive years of Republicans, at a miniimum, but definitely twelve (including Dimson's eight). That's what that fucker was willing to do to America and his family.