Reply To: Did Romney have any good points against Trump?

Joe – I wish I could say that I was rooting for Trump but I simply cannot. He stands for ideas that a lot of people are clamoring for – breaking out of sissy mode, restoring prosperity, protecting America’s homeland from invasion – but aside from giving us the impression that he stands for those things he hasn’t spoken substantively on any topic.

He needs to show us he can say things besides for insults. And that when he does, which has been rare so far, they won’t be worded in such a way that makes us wonder if he has any common sense. I don’t fault him for being too slow in renouncing Duke, but I do find it intolerable to hear that his stated reason for wanting waterboarding is so that we can play the game the way “they” play the game. I don’t fault him for using his brash arrogance as his central campaign theme, but when he lets people who have no foreign policy experience malign him because building hotels in foreign countries doesn’t count I fault him for not fighting for himself. If he was a contestant on his own show he would have already been fired for that.

I support Trump ironically. Meaning, I would be amused if he won because it would be a clear admission of the sorry state of politics today. There is no one who is worth supporting. At least with Trump we will get 8 (or 12) years of entertainment. And we fulfill Adams’ ideal of electing Zaphod Beeblebrox, which would be thrilling.