Yes, I will vote for Hillary, however

[DonCoquixote]

She had best be thankful that the only choice is between her and Trump. I have no illusions about how Trump would not be a disaster; he has every potential to be what W. almost was, the nail in our coffin. I firmly believe that he will summon every demon in our national soul, from racism to greed to fear, and amplify it like the Marshall stacks at a Ted Nugent concert.

However, while I realize not all Clinton folks are giggling like a bunch of high school kids that just found another way to humiliate the nerds, there is a warning that sooner or later, those folks need to heed. If nothing else, Trump has proven that the demons in a party's soul sooner or later will hatch in the host, and crawl out of the skin like maggots. Of course, we laugh when the talking heads on Fox news ask "why did our Party go nuts?" Of course we can laugh when they trot out Mitt Romney to do damage control. Here is Mitt, someone who actually dares attack Trump because he inherited money.

But amidst the laughter, there is the fact that we too, are running on flat tires. Yes yes, the GOP will find ways to go right, which gives the Debbie Wasserman Schultz types the chance to push this party so far right even Carter would not fit in. Yes, the management style of DWS, laden with fateful decisions like supporting Charlie Crist over Kendrick Meek (which gave us Marco Rubio), or the fact that not having those debates allowed the news channels to fill time with all those old image of Hillary, and shining up Trump till he became the ratings bonanza they knew he would be. We are ripe for a demagogue. And before some of the more malicious among you scream "BERNIE" at the top of your lungs, no, I mean if Hillary limps in, or even botches this, how long till we get some billionaire or would be pawn of them who does to our party what Trump is doing to his.

Do not laugh, there are several people that can fund that, and not just Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, or George Soros. The beauty is, these folks would not have to make themselves the target trump is. What what result is a party gutted of anything, which suits those that hid in the contagion and rot of a corpse just fine (and yeah DWS, I do mean you).

[TreasonousBastard]

1. The first sanctimonious "I will vote for HIllary while gagging" thread of the day...

While the more important question is how we got to where the 6 people vying for the job are really piss-poor choices.

Admittedly two of them are way better than the other four, but still, in a nation of maybe 200 million people eligible for the job, is this really the best we can do?

I will vote for Hillary. Of course I will vote for Hillary if she is nominated-- any other choice would be be wasted foolishness.

But, have we asked why Hillary and Bernie are the only two available? Is there no one else out there with the skills and energy to run the country? The Republicans virtually admit failure with their choices, but how much better are we?

I have run for office and, like others I know who also ran, some of whom won, running really sucks. It really does. It is at the same time mindcrushingly hard work, the target for humiliation, having all your dirty linen exposed, and expensive. And for what-- a job that exposes you every day to criticism.

Every politician I have talked to said that the day after inauguration is the day you start fundraising and running for the next election. And I am not the only one with bad memories about elections.

So, any ideas how we can change the process, even a little bit, to make it easier for better people to run?