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Proud Liberal Dem

(25,031 posts)
3. It's impossible
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:47 AM
Mar 2017

to not feel as though our country "traded down" last November. It's sort of hard to believe that our country keeps doing this. We should have progressed beyond the point where people like Donald Trump are considered viable candidates for the highest office in the land (and one of the highest in the world). How people get Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton put up for a vote and enough people choose a huckster with no experience and/or qualifications for being POTUS over a seasoned, experienced, and well-qualified pol will forever remain a mystery to me. It's like the whole office of the Presidency has been trivialized to the point that people think that they can elect just about anybody to the position now matter how suitable they are for the position. We all love "average man" Homer Simpson but I wouldn't ever vote for him for President (nor sanitation commissioner).

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Eleven... Zoonart Mar 2017 #1
The correct answer IADEMO2004 Mar 2017 #2
It's impossible Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #3
I miss GW Bush Turbineguy Mar 2017 #4
K&R n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #5
I voted "10" but it's actually 22.8 Verbose Matthias Mar 2017 #6
15....and rising... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #7
9000+ Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #8
A Brazilian. FSogol Mar 2017 #9
To be fair, pretty much anyone would make people miss Obama Renew Deal Mar 2017 #10
That would entail a return to being a democracy instead of the kleptocracy we have now, hard to FreeStateDemocrat Mar 2017 #11
30 zillion on a scale of 1 to 10 meow2u3 Mar 2017 #12
On a scale of 1-10? Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #13
OK. I'll Do This, Because Someone Has To ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #14
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