I am afraid you hit on something that no one wanted to say, but was just sitting there.
This was more than just a big chance for O. He threw his chances away, along with those of better people who may have deserved the Office. The Media refused to even look at the content of his character. We still have NO IDEA what the content was.
My Black neighbor and I used to joke that the only color that mattered in this society was $Green$.
No one suspected that "Red" could do so much damage, so fast, to so many people at once.
Well, I’d run for office if I didn’t have so many skeletons in my closet.