My interest in politics waxes and wanes. I am only mildly interested in the United States Presidential pre-primary races. But last night, there was a "debate" of 10 of the Republican announced candidates that was nationally televised http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-presidential-debate-numbers/story?id=32937805. I did not see anything else on TV that I wanted to watch, so I decided to watch the debate.
It was mildly interesting and entertaining. For the most part, the participants performances were pretty much at the level I would have expected. My opinion of most of the participants did not change much.
I actually hoped Jeb Bush would perform better. I feel sorry for Donald Trump. He is like an oversized child in a sand box, who is tolerated because he is a bully and people like to laugh at him. What is really sad is that the American public takes him seriously. He is a caricature of a political candidate. He so wants to be accepted that I do not think he realizes that a lot of serious people are laughing at him, at best, and denigrating him at worst. He has a lot of public support because he is bold, outlandish, radical and straightforward, but he has no traits that would lend him to be the leader of the strongest nation in the world. His business history indicates he is ruthless, and goes for the bottom line no matter the cost to his companies and their employees. And he does not care whose toes he steps on in the mean while.
The one candidate that I felt scored well in my book was Gov. John Kasich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich. He could at least say this is what I did in Ohio, and it was successful in some degree. He was human and humane.
I may or may not watch the next debate.
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