[Gaffer]

Voters need to consider what elections are for. Elections are not held to allow voters to vent their emotions. They are held to choose who shall hold in their hands the fate of hundreds of millions of Americans today and of generations yet unborn

I see this and think back to at least one or two articles this man wrote a year-plus ago. I remember I got pretty pissed at him because it was a basic "you gotta vote for the most electable, second most evil candidate" for the good of all. Horsesh!t. To me, this is just a backhanded way of saying vote for Jeb, or Rubio, or even Christie. As long as it isn't Cruz or Trump. He can stick it where the sun don't shine.

[poconopundit]

Dear Mr. Sowell,

I have actually read your Basic Economics book and from time to time have found your commentary on Town Hall reasonable.

However, very little in this current article of yours is a call to reason.

On the contrary, it is an attempt to destroy a candidate by the very rabble rousing you condemn in the piece!  

So I think, Mr. Sowell, that twilight has long past.  It's now time for you to return to your dark Ivory Tower sanctuary.   Light a cande, clear the cobwebs from your desk, dip your quill in ink, and start scribing another one of those long-winded economics books.

But please do not ever preach to Republican voters again about how to distinguish a good leader from a bad one — because no educated man or woman will find a single good argument about that in what you just wrote.

Just because Republican voters are angry doesn't mean they are stupid.   On the contrary, this election cycle they have proven very wise to detect the difference between: an experienced professional vs. a rookie; a man of character vs. a man of deceit; and a man not ashamed to show righteous anger vs. a man afraid to face the media's scorn.

How you came to utterly hate Donald Trump — a man the people love — is quite flabbergasting given your prior proven ability to think and draw good conclusions.  

And yet, your article offers not one argument why he would be a bad leader — other than he has a "charismatic" personality.

Charisma alone does not measure a man's value.   For every Hitler, there is a Churchill.   For every Barack Obama, there is a Ronald Reagan.   For every Genghis Khan there is a Jesus Christ. The height of your hatred for Donald Trump is shown in this paragraph:

The history of the 20th century provides all too many examples, whether on a small scale that led to the massacre in Jonestown [Jim Jones] in 198 or the earlier succession of totalitarian movements that took power in Russia in 1917 [Lenin], Italy in 1922 [Mussolini] and Germany [Hitler] a decade later.

For the life of me, Mr. Sowell, how can you honestly associate Trump with some of the world's most reviled dictators and nut cases?   It's outrageous — and once again, you offer not one argument in defense of this position.

Seems to me, a man like Trump who can draw thousands of supporters to his rallies two or three times a week has listened quite closely to the "opinion of others".

And when it comes to foreign policies, it's his opponents who are rattled their sabres.   Seems to me, Trump has the level-headed wisdom, strength, and restraint to manage our foreign policy very well:

• A year before 9/11, he wrote in a published book that America needs to go after Osama Bin Laden;
• He proposes to take better care of our vets and to build up our military to the point where we discourage enemies from even fighting with us;
• He has won the honest respect of the leader of Russia before even meeting him;
• He publicly opposed going into Iraq because he correctly anticipated the quagmire we would get into; and,
• He has advocated smart ideas such as taking Iraq oil and putting pressure on the people who are funding ISIS.

In one respect only you are correct, Mr. Sowell.   Trump does have "complete disregard" for the failed policies of the GOP establishment.

And that, sir, is the very reason he is winning the respect of so many angry — but highly intelligent — voters.

Sincerely...