Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died  - Leonard Cohen

Good God, have these people lost their ever lovin' minds?***

I'm serious here for a second. How could anyone, with or without a college degree, male or female, young or old, vote for either Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders?  Please, don't try to tell me.

On the Republican side, you will hear that Trump always speaks his mind. Like that is a good thing.

On both my mother's and father's side, I had relatives that spoke their minds. What was going on in their minds was so important, that you HAD to hear it. What was going on in your mind was not as important because it was probably stupid.

Frankly, I think it would be a good thing if Trump had an unexpressed thought.  Bill Maher says it is like Trump has political Tourette Syndrome.  That's how weird this political season has been: Bill Maher is making sense.

There are so many examples of this, the latest being Trump calling Ted Cruz a slang term for genitalia. Ho hum. That's just the Donald being the Donald. He's going to make America great again by trash talking.

Cruz, probably the most conservative candidate in the race, was called what the news called "the p-word" because he would have to think about waterboarding.  Just pausing to think about waterboarding (not ruling it out mind you) gets him tagged as a sissy in Trump World. That sound you heard was Lincoln and Washington turning over in their graves.

Everybody knows a President Trump would be a train wreck. There is nothing Presidential about him, unless you think acting like a jerk is Presidential.

Everybody knows he is a vain, bitter, vindictive man. 

Everybody knows he can't build a wall, which he said last week would cost 8 billion dollars and it is not clear if that includes the door in the middle to let the "good ones" back in.

Then you have Bernie Sanders. Quick, think of something Bernie Sanders has actual done besides being Bernie Sanders?  He is this grouchy old Socialist who wants to bore with you his opinion on The Spanish Civil War.

But, as I point out last week, the kids love him. He promises free college, better wi-fi, more days off, pizza every Friday, and ice cream with sprinkles.

How he is going to do it? Easy: get it from the rich people. Hey kids, you will be surprised how rich your parents are according to President Sanders.

Everybody knows he can't do it. There's not that many rich people out there.

Socialism sounds nice. Everybody shares. But somebody has to make everybody share and the government decides what is sharing and what is not. Socialism is all fun and games until they deny grandma a hip.

Everybody knows the Clintons have invested too much over the years to let another novelty act take away their crown.  Everybody knows that when the Democrats go South, Hillary is going to cash in her chips and will win the nomination.

Sure, it is fun watching her sweat. And nobody can make up sillier arguments than Hillary Clinton and the 90's feminists. (If you are a woman and not voting for Clinton, you are going to Hell). But there is no way on this green earth that Clinton will lose to Sanders.

That is what makes the Republican so frustrating . They hate each other so much, they can't focus on the Democrats.

Everybody knows there has to be somebody better than Trump. Or Sanders. Or Clinton.

*** A friend of mine wrote this in response: "New Hampshire is an interesting place, and where I work. It is the "Live Free or Die State" and not like any other New England state. It is very anti-establishment, which is why voters gravitated to those personas more than specific policies"