Sucks, don’t it?
Not really. Every political system selects for some type of person; representative government selects for demagogues, hucksters, and power-hungry narcissists. No psychologically healthy person seeks to wield the kind of power over others our elected officials do; therefore, anyone running for office is by definition unfit to be elected. (This is one of the many reasons I am a monarchist.) Once you realize that our system of voting guarantees us a government of used-car salesmen, voting becomes less painful.
Governor Hairdo isn’t my choice for the office. I was behind Medina until today. But given her spectacular political suicide on national radio, I can no longer support her. It’s back to the lesser-of-two-evils for me come election time... and that means four more years of the ‘Do.