Chris, doing some further thinking while I chased down a recalcitrant cock pheasant.
We have the horrible choice between Hill and Trump because the media has been letting us down for decades. And make no mistake, both are horrible choices. There are some many more deserving and capable leaders on both sides who have chosen not to get involved because of the shitstorm that comes with it. What kind of normal person would willingly sign up for it?
Rather than educate the populace the news media has catered to their audiences baser instincts. Rather than present all sides, they have become a mouthpiece for one or the other side. Commentary masking as news. The "Gotcha!" moment. The headline or the sound bite. While at the same time, allowing the preponderance of leftist beliefs that permeate journalism schools to become the de facto believe system of most practicing journalists.
We have had for 20 years a news media that attempts to mask it's biases, mostly speaks for one side and, to a degree, insulates that side from attack. The people see through it and have got tired of it.
And so we have an electorate that is used to being bullshitted, accepts that being bullshitted is just part of the deal. If you are 30, you'd never know there had been another way.
We have the low information voter. In many cases because they never hear thorough, balanced explanations of the issues that are critical to and impact their lives. Everything is through the prism of left or right. No wonder they don't pay attention. This board is a microcosm of the same problem. Those engaged on either side are ready to duke it out while the vast majority would rather plug their ears and say "nah, nah, nah" to drown out the cacophony of biased yelling.
