GAIL'S BLOG

The Emperor Has No Clothes–Candidates and Government Nudity

The theater of the absurd and the incredulous is gaining in strength.  The rantings and the ravings of the

presidential candidates are something to observe.  The Republicans are terrified that Donald Trump might pull it off and if so, the Democrats are worried which candidate can go up against him.  Bernie Sanders would be an appetizer for him.  Never mind that primaries are very different than general elections, this year they are more bizarre, more media driven than ever and more unpredictable.  The playbook has been thrown out.  Dark money may play well in the general but it isn’t denting the primaries.  What farce and hysteria.  Donald Trump’s rallies look almost like brawls.  It seems all of the voters are angry and, as I also say, voters always come out to vote “against” something not “for” something.  This time they are really “against” just about everything.

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