Like most rationale Americans, I can’t figure out how the 2016 election has come down to the Clown versus the Political Operative. Here’s all you need to know about this election: A June 29 Quinnipiac University poll showed voters found Trump more trustworthy than Hillary by 45 to 37 percent.

Donald Trump, this modern-day PT Barnum with less business acumen; this reality TV mountebank who looks like an  Oompa Loompa with a bad haircut; this waste of space is MORE trustworthy than Hillary Clinton. The sad fact is that the entire Clinton clan are a bunch of disingenuous, megalomaniac, lying Arkansas backwater slugs. The only thing more disturbing than Trump’s hair are Hillary’s pantsuits.

Some random thoughts:

Is this  an indication that our entire system is so tragically flawed that these two colonoscopy bags are the best we can hope for in terms of national leadership?

Does the entire process reward outrageous celebrity as opposed to substance?

Is this just an indication that Democracy’s Tyranny of the Majority now pits those with brains versus those who think either of these slugs is fit to be President?

Alas, perhaps I’m just whining. Perhaps one of these superb candidates will rise to the occasion and provide thoughtful, rational leadership; perhaps he/she will forge political consensus to make meaningful headway on delivering social services cost effectively and efficiently; perhaps he/she will finally extricate the U.S. from meaningless military excursions in dirt-swamps that pass for countries. I’m not holding my breath.