I distinctly remember feeling the country began to lose it's way the day after Bill Clinton was elected. I voted for George H.W. Bush but in retrospect the original carnival barker, Ross Perot was spot on about the deficit (IMO) and that's who I would vote for given the chance again.
GWB wanted to bring moral decency back to the office , and was and is a decent man but fate and neoconservativism overshadowed that.
Like GWB, Obama went too far with his agenda using federal agencies to circumvent Congress in making his own laws , WOTUS rule, e.g., and in militarization of the EPA.
Which brings us to Trump.
From the link in the Op:
"The nation’s downward spiral into acrimony and sporadic anarchy has had many causes much larger than the small man who is the great exacerbator of them. Most of the causes predate his presidency, and most will survive its January terminus. The measures necessary for restoration of national equilibrium are many and will be protracted far beyond his removal."
Consequently:
"In 2016, voters were presented an unprecedentedly unpalatable choice."
Yet dems had Martin O'Malley, a fine , youngish candidate with a spotless record . Once again looking back, he was the best in the entire original field, Republican and Democratic.
Trump is not the problem, he's a symptom of what's been going on for quite a while now.
And the alternative is a senile has-been.
"Most of the causes predate his presidency, and most will survive its January terminus. The measures necessary for restoration of national equilibrium are many and will be protracted far beyond his removal."
