Subject: For me, it's about morals
For me, it's not about Republicans vs Democrats. It's about morals. I want my kids to have my moral values when it comes to integrity, compassion, and civility.

It bothers me profoundly that about a third of the country knows that this Trump character

- was found guilty of sexual assault and bragged about grabbing women by the ____

- made fun of a handicapped person

- bullies people by giving them nicknames that make fun of their height or appearance ("Little Marco", "Pencil Neck", etc)

- said soldiers and war heroes like McCain are suckers and losers

- bullies women he doesn't like by calling them fat, or saying "blood coming out of her everywhere")

- sees people chanting pro-Nazi slogans in Charlottesville and says they are good people

- a grand jury of his peers (ordinary US citizens like you and me) reviewed the evidence and found enough probable cause that he engaged in racketeering to overturn the election, stole top-secret classified documents that belong to the National Archives and refused to return them, and falsified business records to hide a payment he made to a porn star he had sex with while married. Sufficient probable cause that he was arrested and is now out on bail.

They know all the above, and yet they say "Yep, that's my guy".

If a Democratic candidate had done any of the above, I would never vote for them. Back in the 70s, Republicans in Congress did have a moral compass, and convinced Richard Nixon to resign when the Watergate evidence came out.

But the country's morals seem to have declined since then.

What can we do to boost people's morals in this country so they know that bullying is wrong, that sexual assault is wrong, that insulting our troops is wrong, that supporting pro-Nazi hate speech is wrong?

I think one way is to expand access to higher education and college for all. When you go to college, you get exposed to people from different backgrounds, and your thought processes are driven more by logic and science. Trump says he loves the "poorly educated". His support comes from that segment, and that segment doesn't seem to care that he refers to them as the "poorly educated". Whereas the college-educated people prefer Nikki Haley and Biden - besides learning new skills, college also gave them moral values like integrity, compassion and civility.