Reality TV is not a form of government

Opinion | Commentary
For just about everyone not part of Trump’s hard-core base, 45 may go down in history as the most unfit Twitter troll ever to sit in the Oval Office. But is that enough to make him a one-term president?
Consider Trump’s first six months in office. The Tweeter-in-Chief has made it clear that he’s terrified of what special counsel Robert Mueller might find in the tax returns he’s been hiding. His chaos-ridden White House seems to have staffer’s running for the doors, being sacked, or trying not to look stupid as the ‘boss’ throws them under a bus with unhinged tweets.
Then there are the questions about Trump’s mental stability, which apparently do not require any medical training to diagnose.
As noted by AOL News,

Another hot mic moment for two U.S. senators. This time, Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Jack Reed were talking specifically about President Trump and his budget. They both called the White House's handling of spending irresponsible, saying, "I think -- I think he's crazy. I mean, I don't say that lightly and as a kind of a goofy guy."

Although eight years of Trump may be a dream-come-true for some Republicans, most racists, and Vladimir Putin, it’s hard to see how he even manages to get through his second six months without a lethal, self-inflicted wound that even Republicans can’t ignore. That’s not to say that the likes of Granny-starver Paul Ryan, and turtle robot impersonator Mitch McConnell wouldn’t let Attila the Hun stampede a herd of oxen through the Capital if they thought it would allow them to take health care away from millions and give billionaires more tax breaks. But Trump is something else. The minute it looks like he’ll cost them votes in the next election, they’ll turn on him like a female praying mantis after breeding.
So who wants Trump to get a second term? There's a good chance that the sane, and anyone who prefers democracy over dictatorship hopes Trump doesn’t finish his first term and leaves wearing an ankle monitor. As for the 25 percent of low information voters in fly over states who think reality TV is a form of government? Well, lets just hope they stay away from voting booths, and everyone else has finally learned that staying home on Election Day is not an option anymore.

Have Americans forgotten how to be human?

What is missing from American life in the 21st century may have been best summarized by Ted Kennedy more than 43 years ago.

At the funeral of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, Ted Kennedy said , "My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it."

People don't seem to care about being good and decent anymore. Wrong is often rewarded, rather than corrected. Suffering is largely ignored, and  the American government remains at war, both on foreign soil and against her own people.

There are more people suffering in America today than there have been in decades.  The foreclosure crisis has left millions homeless. Yet the banks that caused the crisis were allowed to walk away, not only their homes, but with record profits made possible by the largest taxpayer funded government handout in history.

The very nature of the word 'human' implies more than a species. It implies a state of mind and essence that holds compassion for the weak, the poor and the sick. Helping others while expecting nothing in return is an extinct concept in American society today.

It's hard to say exactly where America went wrong. But it is surely no longer a land where the wealthy would echo Ted Kennedy's words,  "Through no virtues and accomplishments of our own, we have been fortunate enough to be born in the United States under the most comfortable conditions. We, therefore, have a responsibility to others who are less well off."