An open letter to Dispatch readers from a floundering Obama liberal.

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I’m a comedian, but I did not find Donald Trump’s political ascendence funny. Funny is a monkey in a tuxedo; funny is a cartoon skunk with pre-MeToo values pursuing a cat. Choosing a president who has all of the qualities of the president in Idiocracy except for the good ones isn’t funny; it’s just a bad idea.

Jeff Maurer is a political comedy writer who does the I Might Be Wrong blog and podcast.