1 What stands out to me about the 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections is not the candidates or anything particular they said or did, nor is it the interminable length of American elections; it is not any of the issues discussed on the campaign trails (if in fact there were issues discussed on the campaign trails); it is not the debates or any of the questions asked or answered at the debates or at the various Town Halls hosted by the various cable networks between the Conventions and Election Day; it is not promises made or promises broken, nor the tweets, the speeches or the campaign slogans; it is not the support for, or lack of support for any of the candidates among voters. What stands out now, and what will stand out in the future, is what stood out at the time, which has been summed up repetitively in my mind during these years by one phrase: the emperor has no clothes.
Betting on Emperors
Betting on Emperors
Betting on Emperors
1 What stands out to me about the 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections is not the candidates or anything particular they said or did, nor is it the interminable length of American elections; it is not any of the issues discussed on the campaign trails (if in fact there were issues discussed on the campaign trails); it is not the debates or any of the questions asked or answered at the debates or at the various Town Halls hosted by the various cable networks between the Conventions and Election Day; it is not promises made or promises broken, nor the tweets, the speeches or the campaign slogans; it is not the support for, or lack of support for any of the candidates among voters. What stands out now, and what will stand out in the future, is what stood out at the time, which has been summed up repetitively in my mind during these years by one phrase: the emperor has no clothes.