You wrote:

<< It's sad that people's understanding of political processes and government policy is so impoverished that the only way they can understand a democratic election is in simplistic, childish good-against-evil cartoons.>>

Hilarious. Mirror mirror on the wall, whose understanding of political processes and government policy is the most "sadly" impoverished of all? Oh yeah, the President of the United States.

Trump is not merely below average. He's a calamity. You've always ridiculed fat, ignorant slobs but suddenly the dictator-wannabe is merely "misguided" when it's time for a little liberal-bashing, right, PI? Yeah, no big deal when the president wonders if he can pardon his family members, their aides and themselves over "FAKE NEWS!" Happens all the time.

You can't be for real.