Maybe not.

America once was a place where political careers were ruined if a candidate’s character was revealed to be unsavory.  Democratic Presidential candidate Gary Hart was torpedoed when his extramarital affair with Donna Rice was exposed.  Anthony Weiner was put out to pasture when his disgusting behavior was revealed.

Character used to matter.  Maybe not in today’s political world.

A few years ago Trump was delivering a public speech on an open microphone.  I believe it took place in Las Vegas.  In the course of his remarks, Trump referred to the Chinese and how they had taken advantage of America.  Then he said something like, “I would tell those M***** F***ers…”  You get the drift.  I listened in disbelief that he would use an open, public microphone to use that kind of language.  I think it revealed something serious about the nature of his character.

There was a time when a public display of that kind of vulgarity would disqualify a candidate.  Today, it doesn’t seem to matter that much.  Trump has risen in many polls to be tied with Jeb Bush or leading in the race for the Republican nomination for President.

The election of Barack Obama demonstrated something about the character of American voters.  A majority of them voted for a man who is perhaps the most immoral President in American history.  We mostly blame the Democrats for that.  Now, Republican voters seem to be sending a message that character does not matter, by the surge of Donald Trump.

Maybe America wants a vulgar President.

***Gordon Howie is an author and CEO of Life and Liberty Media***

     “It’s not about right or left, it’s about Right or Wrong.”

 

 

 

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