Tired of this..

How did we get here?

         The question asked by "Lenny"(Steve Zahn) to "Guy Patterson" (Tom Everett Scott) in the movie "That thing you do" moments before a live TV broadcast. We dont live in a movie and neither of the candidates are Sparticus.

         Our Presidential race could be a movie but I doubt Hollywoods' screenwriters could write something like this. On one side we have the democrats who pushed the current president out of the race after a subpar debate performance which they felt jeopardized their election chances. Do I agree? I suppose yes but where were these people in the run up to the convention when it became apparent there was a problem? If Harris had been chosen months ago or vetted among other candidates the situation may be different. Water under the bridge. She is an excellent candidate and in another time , she would have swept to victory and who knows she still may.

       The Republicans: Where do I start. A congress that has done virtually nothing to benefit the American public despite legislation introduced that would have improved the lives of millions. Funding for hurricane relief is put off until "after the election" by the speaker because it would remove a campaign point the republicans are standing firmly on and possibly aid the democrats. Block legislation then condemn the democrats for doing nothing. Ingenuous. 

We have all seen the news clips from campaign stops by Trump. A stop in Latrobe PA , which was the hometown of my childhood idol Arnold Palmer featured a story regarding his genitalia. When did this become the norm?..Trump referred to Harris as a "SHIT Vice President" I don't ever remember seeing that. This only scraping the top of what has been said. We have devolved so far penis stories and profanity are accepted from a candidate for the highest office in the land with the explanation "That's Trump" . 

The Media has been of absolutely no help as incidents like these are either not reported or glossed over. For example Trump participated in a photo op at a closed McDonald's where Trump pretended to "work" cooking fries and handing food out the window to pre-selected "customers" (trump supporters) and asking predetermined questions. This was done because Harris said her first job was at a Mcdonalds franchise but couldn't produced a w2 from over 40 years ago to prove it. I really think no one could produce one and franchisee's don't keep records that far back even IF the Mcdonalds she worked at still exists today. Many jobs Ive had are for businesses that no longer exist.  I have a degree in Electronics from a school that no longer exists. It happens. Apparently from what Ive seen , Trump ate there and fed his crew then left without paying for the food or lost sales during the photo op. Sounds normal for him. Back to the media  by far the majority of the media didn't report on these facts simply showed footage of trump handing food out and in a heavily edited clip cooked fries. The actual footage showed the stable genius unable to perform the action without being walked through it twice and still screwing it up.Do we hear about that? ..no. I will give NBC props when they aired the Arnold Palmer story(who according to his daughter Peg couldn't stand trump). 

these are just a few of the recent things since I could write about things like this for months without running out of material. 

How did we get here?