"....Hmmm....Who's Buried In Grant's Tomb....Wait....Wait....Don't Tell Me....."

Let's just suck it up and admit what we all know.

There is absolutely nothing "high road" about this Presidential campaign.

And, all of the other candidates' cheap shot, low rent tactics notwithstanding, the lion's (or elephant's if you wanna be logo correct) share of the blame for the tone and tenor this time around is the Donald's.

Donald, himself, would surely not disagree with that assessment.

Although, he'd find a way to delegate the blame and/or responsibility, bet the heavily mortgaged farm.

Still, it's not unreasonable to counter that he takes a lot of shots along the trail, shots that have nothing to do with his promises (whatever they are on any given day), his plans for the country (whatever they are at any given moment) or the specific plans he has to keep those promises or follow through with those plans (whatever they are at...well, whatever they are).

Instead, they're just cheap shots from the other cheap seat in the not even close to Presidential peanut gallery.

Jokes about his hair.

Jokes about his unpolished, rambling style of public speaking, featuring, of course, his delightfully lampoonable way of pronouncing the word "huge".

Although, his taking us all down the path of palm to penis ratio in that debate gives the sound of "yuuuugge" a new, and, though we thought it impossible to pull off, even creepier association than ever.

And, of course, there's the face.

Somewhere on the color palette between the finer Sunkist oranges, tiptoeing up to, but not quite, crossing over the line into full blown jaundice with those sometimes impish, sometimes vapid eyes circled with a fun and funny impression of aviator goggles worn just a bit too long on a bright day without benefit of sunscreen.

As Donald would probably say if he, himself, were running against Donald...

"...hey, come one, you know, it's a funny face...am I right...?

Here's the thing, though.

It's not that face that should be causing us to face up to how much trouble we're in.

PoliTech, based in Lubbock, Texas is a non-partisan political organization that focuses on promoting political awareness to colleges across the nation.

As part of that "awareness", of late, they've been sending their "roving reporter" to campuses around the country and assessing the state of the union when it comes to whether the leaders of tomorrow know the difference between a state and a union.

Here's just one, of several, of their "surveys".





One of the more common criticisms of the Donald Trump candidacy is that it incites, as opposed to inspires, that it cheapens, rather than enhances....and one of the reasons people who support him offer for that support is his connection with the concerns of everyday folks.

There really isn't any counter to that.

Because he keeps winning and the number of people falling in behind him keeps growing.

But any criticism that he is uninformed, uneducated,  unqualified, unfit, even dangerous, as a potential President of the United States is, like resistance to the Borg, futile.

And the way he looks?

Well, those looks might conjure up some laughs when he appears on "Face the Nation".

But here's what's not funny at all.

Judging by what these kids have to say.....

....Donald Trump is the face of the nation.