Over the past few Presidential cycles we have seen some strange things happening -- the first black candidate for President, the first female candidate for President, the first business "mogul" running for President! We have seen "political decorum" die a horrible death; personal attacks have become normal; social media has replaced the news cycle; and candidates now use "logical fallacies" as if they were true. Making the "media bite" on a lie or a half-truth controls the argument!
Perhaps this all stems back to the use of "the big lie" (West Virginia ministers told by GOP officials that Obama would burn all their Bibles back in 2008); Obama was actually not a US citizen (Nigeria being his true birthplace no matter what his birth certificate said -- Hawaii); Sarah Palin is smart enough to take over for John McCain should be become incapacitated as President!
What are the oncoming elements of this "campaign for nothingness" in 2016? More senseless name-calling; base and real innuendos of sexual, moral, political, or other indiscretions; complete lack of realistic plans to solve problems? Will we just come down to the difference between "making American 'great' again" and "stronger together?" What is our fate from now until November -- and beyond?
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