America knows that it's choosing between the Jack and Jill of knaves
On one hand, apparently, almost 60% of us are apparently paying attention. On the other hand, it seems that over 40% of us are not. And that goes a long way toward explaining how we ended up with these two ethical disasters as the nominees of our two major political parties.
It's axiomatic that we get the kind of government we deserve. I truly hope that the American people- who are justifiably quick to pass judgement on our political leaders, especially when they are of such low quality as Trump and Hillary- take a long, hard look at themselves. We are the ones who picked these two goofs. We have nobody to blame but ourselves.
At the same time, I hope they'll take a good, hard look at Evan McMullin (Gary Johnson, Darryl Castle, and Jill Stein being marginal candidates whose positions and/or qualifications do not recommend them for serious consideration)- and consider what it says about us that half of Americans still consider Hillary Clinton to be honest and that 42% of us even think the same thing about a professional con man like Donald Trump.
HT: FiveThirtyEight
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