It's not so much that he'd screw things up any worse than some others - although he would - but that it would be proven that I live in a democracy where there are entirely too many people with the sorts of minds that would vote for Donald Trump. Because he's so awesome, of course.

The Obama election already scared the crap out of me. I never realized there was so much fuehrerlust in this country. Men on White Horses, from the left or the right, are always bad news.

Some smart people a couple of hundred years ago decided it was easier to make sure government never got too powerful than to eliminate craziness from humanity and its leaders. We forgot that lesson. It's time to remember it again.