A bad week for The Donald; but a dangerous year for America

Let me count the ways, just this week.  1. He got hammered for not releasing his income taxes, with speculation rampant about what he's trying to hide.  2. His long time butler at his Palm Beach resort/home turns out to be a right-wing, conspiracy-type, Obama hater who has used social media posts to call for President Obama to be killed.   3. The much anticipated meeting with Paul Ryan still did not result in an endorsement.   4. The Washington Post broke a story about Trump's antics 20 years ago when he repeatedly called up journalists and gossip columnists, pretending to be "Mr. Trump's publicist" and bragging about how successful Mr. Trump is both in business and with women;  and now he's been caught by Fox News lying about it.  5. He had a twitter war with Elizabeth Warren, and she may have gotten the better of him.  6. The New York Times did a big investigative expose of his treatment of women.   7. And the mayor of Paris called him "a very stupid man," and London's newly-elected mayor said Trump's views of Islam are "ignorant."

All that in one week.   It's all pretty appalling to have such stuff being said (and mostly true) about the presidential nominee of one of the two major political parties.   But, unseemly as it all is, can't reporters come up with more important matters to focus on about Mr. Trump?

What about his policies, or his lack of policies that make any sense? What about how unprepared he is by temperament and by knowledge to be the chief executive of the most powerful nation in the world?    What about the fact that he doesn't even know that he doesn't know anything about the job, or the constitution, or how government works?    What about the poor quality, never mind their positions, just simply the lack of qualifications in the people he says he will appoint?

There are far graver concerns about Donald Trump than the political theater and the tawdriness of his life.  What about the lack of character and moral compass?  What about the dangerous superficiality that goes into his decision-making?    What about his inconstancy for any position he has taken -- except for his "beautiful wall" to keep out the undesirables?  What about the really dangerous ideas he has floated -- like negotiating down the national debt (which would destroy the most respected credit standing in the world);  and like allowing Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear bombs?   What about his advocating resuming torture, and worse?

Let's get serious about the dangers of giving this man the keys to the Oval Office and the codes for the nuclear bombs.

Ralph