Breaking: George H.W. Bush to vote for Hillary

[JA]

When the new GOP crop has you assessing the legacy of the Bushes as that of relative sanity and stability, it should really tell our country something about the state of almost half the electorate and one of our nation's two major parties...

I have little doubt that the elder members of the Bush family will either be voting for Clinton (ironically, the wife of Bush Sr's successful rival) or abstaining. The Republican base will proclaim them members of a sinister, treacherous elite, but that only further proves my point. Not to mention, how very non-conservative that is of them to speak so disrespectfully of elder members of their own party and former Presidents. These people aren't conservatives - they're enraged, right-wing populists with no sense of decency, respect for American institutions, or highest office. I dislike conservatism as a philosophy and ideology, but even I wouldn't taint it by associating this rabble with it.

[JA]

I'd like to propose a disturbing mental exercise for everyone here.

Imagine, at some point, maybe 12-20 years from now, we, along with our adult children, might look back upon the Presidency of Donald Trump (assuming nuclear war and some other catastrophe resulting from his incompetence and narcissism is averted) and think of it as a relatively less insane period and administration than what is offered by the Republican Party of 2032 or 2036 the same way we're now looking back upon the Bush Jr. Presidency in relation to the prospects of a Trump Presidency. At the current rate of the GOP's decline into insanity and considering the potential for Trump winning this year is significantly higher than any reasonable person would want, this is not an impossible prospect...