The American people are getting ready to hire another President to run things. They could use some help. Unfortunately, Angie’s List doesn’t recommend the best people for that particular job. It’s too bad. Because with Angie on the case, you can hire an electrician with no fear whatsoever. With Expedia, you can shell out five grand for a vacation and never think twice. But there’s no www.chooseyourpotus.com to help you make the most important hire you ever make. You’re just out of luck — uh,that is, unless you’re willing to take an entire half hour out of your life to read. That’s about how long it would take to flip through about 15 candidate resumes. A resume has nothing to do with your opinion, nothing to do with prejudice, nothing to do with gender, nothing to do with race and nothing to do with looks. A resume has zero interest in feelings or emotions or extenuating circumstances. A decent resume is antiseptic, clinical. And it helps if it isn’t blatantly dishonest. Which brings you to Hillary. When you last checked, her resume  didn’t disclose her greatest talent — Consummate Liar. It proudly cites her education at Wellesley and Yale and her brief law career. It says she was a First Lady in Arkansas and Washington, a Senator from NY and Secretary of State. But strangely no mention of trivial qualifications like character and basic honesty. That investigation is up to you; so that’s another half hour out of your busy schedule. Come to think of it, don’t waste your time. Hillary’s pattern of deceit and corruptness was documented 20 years ago by the late NY Times columnist William Safire. He wrote, “Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady . . . is a congenital liar. . . Drip by drip, like Whitewater torture, the case is being made that she is compelled to mislead . . . she is in the longtime habit of lying; and she has never been called to account for lying herself or in suborning lying in her aides and friends.” Safire didn’t live long enough to witness the Benghazi catastrophe and cover-up, or the email criminal violations. But you have to give Hillary an A for consistency — she’s not partisan. She’ll lie about anything and everything, serious and silly. Benghazi and EMailGate are nothing less than atrocities. People died. National security exposed. On a lighter note, she pretended to face sniper fire in Bosnia, a brazen claim that  must have given Brian Williams courage. Claiming to have been named after Everest conquerer Sir Edmund Hillary bordered on psychosis because, inconveniently, she was born five years before his feat. She said she opposed NAFTA. Not. Who can forget, “We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.” Maybe that was justification for stealing White House furnishings. When she invested $6300 into cattle futures, yielding $99K in 10 months, she said it was blind luck. She said Chelsea was jogging outside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and happened to duck into a coffee shop when the planes hit. Another whopper. Chelsea was four miles away, watching the tragedy on TV. And the beat goes on. The Whitewater Scandal. The missing Rose Law firm files that showed up at her White House digs. TravelGate. So many lies. So many that Carl Bernstein said she was “a specialist at it.” Well, why not? She had a world-class mentor in Slick Willy, the man the National Review called “a Renaissance man of lying.” Now she desperately wants to follow in his footsteps as Commander In Chief; and from all indications, millions of Americans are OK with ignoring her deceit and treachery, as if to recite their heroine’s own words: “What difference at this point does it make?” If they were here, Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty could answer that question. The question you have for every American — on  behalf of those four men, is — can you answer it?

Intellectuals could never bring themselves to respect Donald Trump, for at least three reasons. One, he’s a silver-spoon, money-loving, billionaire capitalist with a Capital C. Two, he sounds nothing like a Wharton graduate — more like Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli from Happy Days. And three, he thinks in the absolute of black and white while intellectuals live in the gray zone of everything conditional, indefinite and PC. Trump supporters love him. Why? Because he’s filthy rich and proud of it. Because, with street language and plain talk, he’s just like them. Because he’s the ultimate pragmatist who takes decisive steps to fix things — in Hollywood parlance, a “man of action.” Because he is American to his very core, embodying the attitude, the spirit, the enterprise, the drive and audacity that forged your country. And, finally, because he believes winning is a virtue not to be diminished by either guilt, envy or resentment. His style compares him to George Smith Patton, Jr., although Millennials and millions of others have no knowledge of “Old Blood and Guts.” Patton was born to privilege, attended the finest schools and rose to the highest military rank, distinguishing himself on the battlefield in two world wars. But his colorful style, hard-driving personality and success as a commander were often overshadowed by controversial public statements that rankled his superiors. He had a simple philosophy — lead from the front. His vulgarity-ridden speech to the Third Army was the stuff of legends. Trump was no soldier but he acts like one. And the poll numbers suggest that Donald resonates with everyday folks. Even Ruling Class Pundits on both sides of the aisle and in the media acknowledge his appeal; but there’s always a big bold BUT that follows every acknowledgement. BUT, right now he’s feeding off the anger and dissatisfaction of the right wing fringe of the GOP. BUT, in time The Donald’s celebrity status will wear thin and his style will cease to be refreshing. BUT, when voters get serious, near the moment of truth, they will fall back to a safer candidate — one that sounds and acts “Presidential.” BUT, at the end of the day, he’s too polarizing, antagonizing Latinos, Women, The Beltway Bureaucracy, the GOP Establishment and the Media. BUT, even mainstream Conservatives, the decent church goers drawn to his patriotic fighting spirit, will eventually desert him because they simply can’t stomach boorish, rude, insulting behavior. They expect their President to be tough, certainly — but a gentleman. Between now and when it counts, someone may come along and persuade The Donald to find and nurture his Presidential disposition — something akin to Teddy’s “speak softly and carry a big stick.” The people are hungry for a giant to stride onto the Beltway and whack away with a big stick. Any of the GOP candidates could be that giant but you’ve heard GOP politicians talk big for decades. Trusting an insider is like betting on filling an inside straight. America doesn’t need another Community Organizer, or another member of the established Ruling Class, or a Career Politician, or, God forbid, another Attorney. America will require an outsider to restore Her strength, honor and moral foundation. You probably think Donald could be that outsider. Think again. His chances are as remote as seeing Hillary testify about Benghazi. Yes, he has the money but his money won’t trump the “Washington Cartel.” And that’s the safe bet.

The popular radio talk show host rails on and on about GOP incompetence — about how Republicans  can’t seem to read the tea leaves — that they seem oblivious to reality — the reality that leading GOP Presidential candidates are outsiders — that every poll result rejects the GOP Beltway occupants in favor of candidates who would actually be reformers of a broken system. Unless they learn a lesson and learn it quickly, he said, the party is destined for indefinite minority status and members of the GOP Establishment will languish and remain irrelevant. Unless they wake up, they are destined to wring their hands with regret. He’s wrong, of course. He’s wrong because GOP Establishment types don’t think anything’s wrong with the system and don’t fear losing. Not really. After all, they stood shoulder to shoulder with their Demo counterparts to build the system. The Federal monstrosity they created is the type of beast that would make Dr. Frankenstein proud, shouting “It’s alive, it’s alive.” Don’t misunderstand. The GOP will always want to gain power and run the show. Who doesn’t want to sit on the throne and wield influence, gain favor and secure greater individual wealth? But if they lose to the Clinton Crime Family, you can be certain there would be no remorse and no wretched recriminations. The GOP boys and girls will still be members of the privileged Beltway Club; they will feed from the same trough; they will remain members of the Ruling Class, in or out of power. What the vast majority of Americans have failed to grasp is that Washington has, for all intents and purposes, a One Party System. We the people think that competition between GOP and DEMO rivals is some sort of honorable, principled ideological war — big government vs limited government; capitalism vs socialism; individual rights vs collective outcome; welfare state vs free enterprise, etc. Nothing of the sort. Not close. In reality, Ruling Class principles, if any exist, play second fiddle to self interest. And ethics (say what?) nearly always surrenders to incumbency and expediency. Regardless of lofty campaign rhetoric, the overwhelming majority of Congressmen have no intention of rocking their cushy boats and they are quick to rebuke any upstart who dares threaten derailing their yummy gravy train. So it’s no surprise that a handful of GOP firebrands are now in giant cross-hairs, not only of the Ruling Class, but also of career bureaucrats, corporate lobbyists, pundit consultants, special interest PACS, Big Media, Big Business and the rest of the pilot fish that feed off the Washington Leviathan. One firebrand excoriated his own party and its leader. Another said he would go it alone because he didn’t need or want to lie in bed with anyone.  But don’t get your hopes up. Because here’s another dose of reality — if an axe-wielding, outsider Republican happens to win the Presidency, with a GOP controlled Congress, don’t be offended or astonished when nothing happens and nothing goes away. Not ObamaCare, not the IRS, not crony capitalism, not runaway welfare, not Planned Parenthood, not the Iran deal, not immigration reform, not energy independence, not a balanced budget and definitely not one dollar of national debt. You’ve been brainwashed, dummy — year in and out. The GOP platform, as trumpeted by the RNC, is nothing more than a perennial smokescreen. It feeds the loyal base what they want to hear and builds a war chest — for what? To feed the GOP gentry who does what it always does and does very well — dance the Washington two-step — win or lose.