Note: An earlier version of this essay was originally written in response to comments by Hillary-supporting friends on Facebook.

Rex Murphy of the National Post (Canada) has a great article about Hillary Clinton's long and painfully winding road ahead.

He sums it up as:

In Clinton's dreams, Sanders is The Monster from the Lagoon. Trump will annihilate her

An ad for something I don't remember said of a spelling bee, in passing as the bee was going on in the background and the ad wasn't for literacy, "...like words you don't need to use anymore" of a four syllable word "ambrosia." That celebrates pig ignorance, encourages pride in stupidity. The ad was, I *think, for food Fast food. Non-GMO poison. Utterly non-nutritious (oh my, another 3-1/2 to 4 syllable word) crap that people use to fill their guts that they don't have to learn how to prepare for themselves. Crap that costs them more than twice what it would if they made it from scratch. Bad nutrition. A veritable (that's four syllables, folks) PAEAN - hymn of praise, not to a deity but to a word, "food". IOW, it's not only a "word you don't need to use anymore" but also ::gasp!:: heresy.

Let's pick a serious topic and guess what would be the first thing that Teh Donald would think of in response. Put into words what his honest answer would be if asked a question. For example,

SCIENCE

Q: What is the Big Bang?
A: Have you seen my daughter Ivanka?

Q: What is Quantum Mechanics?
A: They are the jerks who screwed up the tuning on my Rolls. Gonna sue those jerks.

This is my first essay as an exile from Daily K. I started there in the early heady days of Barack Obama. Now, with a view of Donald Trump as future antagonist to either Hillary or Bernie, I would like to share the view of one of my heroes Professor Ugo Bardi, from the University of Florence.

and no one came?

A poll of Minnesotans conducted by the StarTribune newspaper paints a pretty bleak picture of voter sentiment toward the front-runners foisted upon us by the establishment.

http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-glum-about-the-future-trustworthi...

Try to imagine if Hillary and Bill Clinton’s lives were switched. Hillary manages to get elected president in 1992 and Bill becomes First Gentleman.

Eight years later, Bill carpetbags it to New York to run for the Senate there and wins.

It’s nice to see many people are giving the Democratic establishment the middle finger by declaring that they won't vote for Hillary in November if she gets the nomination. However, it's almost May, and six months is a long time from now. Will the Bernie or Bust movement be able to hold strong until then? If Hillary gets the nomination, it’ll be the beginning of the long walk.

The other day I introduced myself. Someone read what I said, and indicated that they thought I might have come here to convince you all to vote for Hillary Clinton. That isn't the case, actually I came here because there's nobody to talk to in the real world around me, and I wanted to speak to progressives like myself.

However, I thought I would explain what I do think.