I think the purpose of this thread is to (hopefully) have a civil, substantive discussion on this issue. Repeated postings dripping with sarcasm, and which are obviously meant to antagonize, are frankly counterproductive. Once someone feels they have to jump in to "defend" a candidate's character, the discussion is sure to veer away from topic, and devolve into yet another snipe fest. Is it possible to have just one thread that refrains from vitriol? It's going to be a looooong election season, no matter who the two candidates facing off in the fall happen to be
