I guess one needs to define "rational thinking" in order to put things in perspective. You obviously don't like Trump (I'm a Cruz first and Trump second person because nobody else is suitable) but do you dislike him enough to pass on him and let Hillary or Bernie in like folks did to allow Obama 2 terms?
Does anyone compare the damage already done with the damage to come if one allows another far Leftist who cares nothing about the Constitution or them dang inconvenient laws?
Does one consider the difference between someone 'who is OK with homosexual marriage/and was OK with abortion, and someone who is rabidly pro homo/abortion and who will break laws to elevate those items above decent Americans?
How much do we think we can actually aid and abet the Evil side and still call it "rational thinking"?
Some say they can't bring themselves to vote for a Trump and I say I can't stop myself from voting for a trump. To pass on him is to tacitly prefer the darker side of things.
Maybe we've gotten so lazy (it was our side's apathy for decades that allowed things to get this bad) that we aren't willing to actually roll up our sleeves and work - if we can't have everything in one fell swoop, we opt to drop out and go whine about how bad things are.
Hate to say it, but no matter who gets in, we are going to have a lot of disappointed folks because they envision changes that will set everything right w/o considering that no matter how much progress is made, it will inconvenience a lot of folks and it will only be a step in the right direction - the process took a long time with a rabid and tireless Left working 24/7 and it will take a lot of time and work (eternal vigilance) to make things right.
Find faults instead of looking for solutions - that seems to be our battle cry (whine/snivel/moan).
We are oh-so-capable of discerning the slightest flaw in our side, but seem incapable of discerning the functional differences between our side (flawed as they may be) and are too willing to ignore the damage we help wreak.
That is why we are so screwed - to many nitpicking carpers and n ot enough solution-oriented folks. We have who we have to choose from because we aren't active enough in the process - we whine about paid and bought for candidates (Trump ain't one) and we refuse to invest ourselves with our own donations and work to boost real conservatives (we seem to think, that like Neo, they will just pop onto the scene and be elected into office where they will make everything right.
We are screwed because we are lazy and cheap and stupid except when it comes to trashing any who might end up on our side (after allowing them to be placed there).
Functionally, we are just as base and useless as those we deride - big talkers and big egos playing a game because to make it real takes actual cost and effort beyond blathering about how bad things are.
Pogo had us pegged.
A lot of people think that Trump is a super-villain.
That would mean the following:
1. Hannity is in on it.
2. Rush is in on it.
3. Herman Cain is in on it.
4. Senator Jeff Sessions is being duped.
5. Phyllis Schlafly is being duped.
6. And Michael Savage, probably the most paranoid anti-establishment paranoid talk radio host around, is also being duped.
I’m sure the list is even longer than that.
In the meantime, this ‘super-villain’ was attacked during the response to the State of the Union Address by the ‘G’ OP. About as strong an endorsement in his favor as you can get.