The cost of avoiding Donald.....

[quiller]

Speaking of hard to argue....

This is a uniquely tawdry presidential race because one candidate is culturally offensive to half the people, but is the only alternative to a person who has serious problems with probity and is a continuation of a sleazy and broken-down system that a majority wants changed drastically. The price of change is Donald and the cost of avoiding Donald is Hillary. So it is not surprising that the campaign has plumbed the depths it has, and that the match is so negative. Nor is it, in the long term, alarming.

Canadian media baron Conrad Black on the U.S. election.

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-this-is-how-democracy-is-supposed-to-work

[quiller]

And if we don't avoid Donald? Whatever he sees on TV and dislikes, he wants it cancelled.

http://www.monroenews.com/zz/elections/20161016/donald-trump-unloads-on-snl-over-alec-baldwins-impression-says-show-should-be-canceled

...Which leads to the Saturday Night Dead sketch itself....

http://elections.gatehousemedia.com/zz/elections/20161016/snl-hilariously-spoofed-second-and-worst-ever-presidential-debate