Decline And Fall

[poliphilo]

And so the contest to become President of the United States (an office once dignified by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt) turned into a fight over who had committed the worst sex crimes.

Step back for a moment and look at it dispassionately- suspending party alliegance if you can- and consider just how deeply weird this is.

Comments

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Weird and just awful - politics in the gutter.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But fascinating.

A sign of the times.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

And the person running for President isn't even the person who is accused of the sex crimes in one case.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But she is accused of complicity. Like she supported her husband by rubbishing his alleged victims.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Not to mention deeply depressing........

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was going to say it was the grungiest election in US history- but I believe things could get pretty dirty back in the 19th century too- though not as fixated on sex.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I was looking for anything quite this awful as a comparator and not finding it!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I doubt that there's ever been a presidential candidate as crass as Donald Trump

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

A few come close, but as you say.......