I love Sam Bee, she has the bite and snark that is totally missing from all the new hosts of late night shows. Haven't watched her show this week yet so will watch tonight.
I freely admit I will probably vote for Trump this fall. As a rich white old male Hillary is totally fine for me, she will not do anything to hurt me and my money will grow even more under her stewardship - my wealth has nearly doubled in the past decade thanks to Wall Street, and she is hard in their pocket. And the country will continue down the path of gridlock, dysfunction, and government getting bigger and bigger every year while doing less and less.
Are a lot of Trump supporters racist? Are most of the things he says a bit insane? Does he say one thing one day and the complete opposite the next? You bet. I'm not stupid, but I rationalize it as him preaching demagoguery to get voted.
A vote for him (or Sanders) though sends the message that "I am frustrated with the current political climate. I don't really know how to tell you to fix things, other than vote for this crazy guy who says he will fix things while the rest of you just say neutered talking points, carefully vetted by your staff."
There are very specific things I would like to see fixed: we spend way too much on defense, we spend way too much sending troops all around the world defending other countries interests, we spend way too much on corporate welfare, we have way too much government meddling, oversight and coddling, and we don't spend enough on basic things like infrastructure (not just roads but WATER as we have seen) and universal healthcare.
Hillary is going to touch NONE of those things, she is way too in bed with the political machine to change it, just like Obama didn't touch most of it (Obamacare was a good step I will say but far short of its potential). Would Trump or Sanders be able to change any of it? I dunno, but they are the two that would most likely try and fail.
Yes, the most important thing the next President does is appointing 2-3 SC justices but at my stage in life that really isn't that big a deal to me, and while they will have an impact on my kids and their future I think a return to a functioning government would have a bigger impact and none of the candidates honestly will do that. I really don't know what could, other than some massive catastrophe that breaks up the political machine that cares more about re-elections than governance.
