Reply #2: The world also needs to prepare for both President (R) and President (D) doing nothing [View All]

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I hate to say it, but does anybody really think any politician, facing the choice between discussing an unpleasant and inescapable truth with voters/constituents/business interests, and presenting a rosy illusion to voters/constituents/business interests is going to do anything but the latter?

We're not talking even about the conventional "worst-case" scenarios, like defeat in battle, economic failure or criminality in high places being revealed. We're talking about really bad news, and dilemmas without answers, not "problems" awaiting "solutions".

Sadly, that's how the whole shebang is set up, given the negative sanctions which apply to bearers of bad news, and the infinite human capacity for denial.