By catering to Trump the media has assured the further decline in decency and a lack of
mutual respect among candidates, during future elections, thereby, driving our nomination and electoral process as far into the gutter as humanly possible. In fact 2016 has resulted in a whole new set of rules for electoral candidates.
First of all, there will be at least 17 people running for every national office. (The GOP had 17 for President in 2016.) Expect that everyone will be loud and abusive to one another having adapted to the "well it worked for Trump" method of campaigning.
The bar has already been set so low, you now don't have to have had any experience in government, or factual knowledge of how government is actually run, (in accordance with the Constitution), to run for the highest office in the land. Just fake it til you make it.
The first rule in running for office is, "if you repeat a lie enough times, the lie becomes the truth".
Telling the truth is optional as the Lamestream Media has decided that they don't have the time to fact check all candidates statements about everything, and then why should they bother, since we all know that "everybody lies".
If you find yourself behind in the polls at some point in a national election, you can always say, at any time, that the process is rigged, because, everyone knows that, don't they?
The media has also determined that for anyone named Clinton, even the appearance of impropriety is reason enough to be considered guilty until such time as that Clinton can prove beyond ANY doubt, their innocence. In the absence of "the appearance of impropriety", the allegation of the appearance of impropriety will suffice. In the absence of the "allegation of the appearance of impropriety", the "alleged" allegation of the appearance of impropriety will suffice.
It doesn't matter whether the content of your response during a debate is accurate or not. If you don't like the question asked of you, just pick whatever response you want to give. Who says that your answer has to be some semblance of an acceptable response to the question that was originally asked of you. If you don't like the question asked of you, it's perfectly acceptable to convert the moderator's question into one you find more suitable to your liking and respond with your own answer to your own question. Insulting the moderator asking the question is also acceptable. In fact, it's preferred.
In a Presidential election, you are not judged by the company you keep so don't worry. If a candidate surrounds himself with people of questionable character or conduct, or their campaign staff is comprised of individuals previous convicted of unlawful conduct, don't sweat it. They obviously don't, so why should you.
Happy Labor Day to all.
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