Blunt presidential candidates cut no ice
It used to be that candidates for president of the United States essentially said, "Vote for me because I have experience and a proven record of accomplishment in government."
Now the message is, “Vote for me because I have no experience, no record of accomplishment in government and never know what I’m talking about.” For instance, Donald Trump’s position that America should deport 11 million people and build a 2,000-mile wall gives fresh meaning to the word “insanity”.
But people like Trump because he’s blunt. It’s certainly blunt to call Mexicans “rapists” and women “fat pigs”. But maybe bluntness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. And it certainly is no substitute for competence and human decency.
Eric Bahrt
