Theoretically, we came to this juncture—this choice between incapacity and malice—through the operation of democracy, meaning that it’s a quandary we ourselves chose.
Liz Bruenig makes the point that neither candidate seems fit to serve four years. I don’t disagree, but I might add that they are unfit for different reasons and significantly to different degrees. Yet, as she points out, these were the options America chose. Is the problem unfit candidates or unfit voters?
