So you say you want a flawless candidate and flawless MSNBC talking heads...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. All of the candidates are "flawed" in one way or another.

That's because they are people. Some of them have had long careers in politics, meaning that at some point they did something or said something or voted for or against something that some of us won't like. Some are old; maybe some people will think they are too old. Some are young, maybe too young for some of us, or relatively inexperienced. Some are more articulate than others. Some have detailed ideas; some have broad aspirations. Some haven't got a snowball's chance in Hell of getting the nomination but want attention, either for their issues or for themselves.

So if a flawed candidate, which is all of them, can beat Trump, can you live with his/her flaws, or will you reject him/her as being insufficiently pure or not adequately representing what you, personally, feel good about?

I'm going with whoever can beat Trump's sorry orange ass, which means I'll take the candidate who can best do that, warts and all. Fuck purity and fuck my feelings.