Well, you can say at the least it’s been entertaining. And humorous at times. It would indeed be even funnier if it wasn’t the process by which we choose someone to lead this country for the next four years. As Bernie Sanders pointed out recently, it really isn’t a game. It’s serious business.
We seem to have reached a new low in terms of mud-slinging. I really don’t care about the size of Donald Trump’s hands or his private parts. I doubt that it will have very much to do with how effective a leader he might be. Like a lot of other Americans, I feel disappointed that the candidates stoop to some of this behavior.
Like it or not, this is a process that we are caught up in and that will determine the outcome of the election.
We can enjoy the entertainment value of all of this, which I find myself doing quite often. But I would encourage us not to ignore it. What is happening is serious business. We should not ignore it. In fact, we should become engaged in it. Not in the mud-slinging, but by demanding that the candidates talk about issues and policies and not personalities and anatomy. And we should make sure that our voices are heard by participating in the primaries and caucuses and the conventions at the state level and national level.
So in this political season, connect with others, communicate with others about how you feel about this country and what is happening to it, and about the candidates involved in this election. Be optimistic. Our country, as they would say, is going through a rough patch. But this too will pass. We will not be destroyed as a nation if a candidate that we thoroughly dislike and detest is elected president.
This is a complicated picture that we’re looking at right now. Blaming one side or one person for all of the problems that we are confronting will not serve us well. It will only divide us more as a nation. It is a time to come together and to work together to make America an even stronger country.
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