Election 2016 — Why the Hell Did We Get Here?

Election 2016 — Why the Hell Did We Get Here?

So, this election year the U.S. electorate has reached a fork in the road. Unfortunately, both forks lead directly off a very tall cliff with large granite boulders at the end of the long ride down. And regardless of which fork you — the individual voter — choose this year, we’re all forked. On Monday I described how we got to this Hobson’s Choice of deeply flawed candidates. Today I’ll touch upon why we got to this point.

Through 1968 candidates...