There are a few evergreen topics in presidential campaigns, and one of them is a call from the various contenders to "get tough" with China. I think pretty much every presidential candidate for the past three decades has insisted that the current incumbent is obviously afraid to stand tall in the Pacific, and when he takes office we'll see the end of all that feeble kowtowing to the old men in Beijing.
And why not?
Why not? Because it perpetuates an infantile jingoist ignorance among the voting public. That's why not.
Imagine a world where being dumb as a stump is the exception rather than the rule; where you get votes by making the most sense, and not by making the shiniest lies.
Sometimes I feel like Lisa Simpson - but without the dress.