The All Trump election

I voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson in the general election. [...] yet I have had this dark presence that has shadowed me. Wherever I have gone, I have been put in the position of explaining or defending Trump by people who saw it as my duty to denounce The Donald. On the radio and speaking appearances, it has fallen to me to explain to Bay Area audiences why someone who is not a complete idiot would vote for Trump. To mention that Trump is preferable on regulation, Obamacare or the U.S. Supreme Court was to invite scorn. Never once did I see a reporter demand that Democrats disclose if they would vote for Clinton even though she set up a home-brew server for State Department emails, then deleted thousands of those emails after they were under subpoena. Trump, Trump. On panels, it has been my job to watch liberals excoriate Trump as a racist, sexist bigot. Sure, they winked, he won the Neanderthal GOP primary, but he could never win the popular vote. If the election is tight, on the other hand, both sides learn nothing and just go back to their corners. Most people in the press never thought Clinton’s baggage would hurt her chances. Me. I thought Hillary Clinton would be a terrible president. [...] guess what: Email: dsaunders@sfchronicle.com.