Readers Write: Dems rejoice watching GOP presidential circus

The Island Now

In all of my  many years I have never witnessed such a weird presidential candidate  race.  

Is it real?  What is going on ?   

I cannot believe  that the two current  leaders, Trump and Carson, would ever be elected president.  

One scares me because he can’t keep his mouth shut and the other because he believes  that God created the earth in six days. 

Surely the public would never actually cast a vote for either of these candidates. I have to  believe that.   

Also it is my belief that pol results are  actually  the publics way of expressing their outrage at the way our government has been run. 

Congress and  politicians in general  have  the  lowest public approval ratings ever recorded.  

Politicians no longer, seem to have the interest of their constituents foremost but rather in their own  selfish concerns such as  getting elected to a cushy job with outrageous  perks. 

Promises made during election campaigns are quickly forgotten. The public recognizes this as never before.

What compounds the search for a respectable presidential candidate is that   even  the candidates, and there are a few, who  are in my opinion of presidential caliber  unfortunately are caught up in the general distrust of politicians.  

So pervasive is this distrust that it is difficult for anyone  to rise above the disarray.  

Unfortunately I see no easy solution to the Republican debacle. 

They have to hope that some outstanding outsider emerges.   

Meanwhile the Democrats, who also have their own “politician problems”, must be  euphoric watching this Republican circus implode as it takes the heat off  of them for the moment at least.

Theodore Theodorsen

Manhasset

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