Izdaari said:
Trump is the "pig in a poke" candidate. Nobody really knows what he'd do in office, maybe not even himself. He won't give much in the way of policy specifics, probably because he doesn't have any. He didn't know what the nuclear triad was the first time he was asked, and the second time, after he'd had plenty of time to find out, he still didn't. He thinks backing out of NATO is a good idea, and that's very dangerous, especially coming from a guy who doesn't really understand foreign policy.
Remembering LBJ and Nixon, I take your point about previous sexist and uncouth presidents, but I despised LBJ and wasn't too happy with Nixon either, and I don't want a repeat.
Trump's negatives are enormous, particularly among women, 74% of whom have an unfavorable opinion of him. I don't see how he can possibly overcome that to win the general election. Hillary's negatives are high too, but not nearly as bad. Current polls are showing Kasich beating Hillary by a lot, Cruz beating her by a little, and Trump losing to her badly.
I think you sell Trump a little short Izzy. He was pretty certain last night are the "top three functions of government".
"The greatest function of all by far is security for our nation. I would also say health care, I would also say education."
So, this "messiah to the non-establishment" thinks the three top functions of government are safety, healthcare and education??? Oh but it gets better.
Anderson Cooper tried to clarify. "So in terms of federal government role, you're saying security, but you also say health care and education should be provided by the federal government?"
Trump replied
, "yeah, those are two of the things. Yeah, sure. there are obviously many things, housing, providing great neighborhoods?"
Who knew our Founding Fathers were grappling with such weighty matters as providing federal education, healthcare and great neighborhoods!!!!
He further rambled on showing he had no clue what he was talking about.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/you-wont-believe-what-donald-trump-thinks-the-federal-governments-top-3-roles-are/article/2001749