I have been preoccupied writing my new book, 20/20: A Clear Vision for Our Future, along with needing a break from the campaign cacophony of the current discourse of silliness from the four candidates. I am aware that there are four and I do know where Aleppo is and what is going on there. Funny, now that I think about it, I know more than those four fools do. Another thing, you know more than they do as well.

In 2008, I was put in the basket with those Americans from the 57 states who were clinging to their guns and bibles. It wasn’t a basket then; it was just a broad category of stupid people who did not fit the elite narrative of the most transparent elitist our country has ever seen.

The lovely Lainey confronted me. “Which basket are you in?” To which I replied, “huh?” (I missed the original airing of the above quoted remarks.) So, I got the stare before Lainey said, “she was talking to the elites about how the elites think about the rest of us who are not elite: the non-elitists.” Okay, now I got it.

Lainey went on to explain to me, “you are going to have to make up your mind who you are going to vote for. You can vote for one of the four, or write in your own name; but select one. Time is running out. Let me explain it to you this way. You are deplorable, ergo, you vote for Trump whether you like it or not.

“First, you are a racist. Even though you don’t want a wall, you want to pause immigration long enough to sort out who is here and who should not be here. And you don’t like Nieto. You called him some pretty unsavory names when he wouldn’t do anything to get Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi (Marine held prisoner in Mexico for 214 days for making a wrong turn on an ill-marked road) released from that Mexican hellhole.

“Second, you’re a sexist. You are against transgender men using women’s rest rooms and showering in women’s locker rooms

“Third, you’re homophobic. You would only date and marry women and you think those people that dress up and parade in San Francisco are over the top and should just keep to themselves.

“Fourth, you’re xenophobic. You have an intense fear and an irrational dislike of people from other countries. You want to destroy the governments of Iran and Syria and a whole bunch of other despot ruled countries.

“Fifth, you’re Islamophobic. You often have stated that Islam is not a religion. It is a theocracy that controls the religious, political, economic, cultural, legal and social aspects of its followers. You spoke for the fall of ISIS in the near future. You called them IJETOF (Islamic Jihad Extremist Terrorism Organization Franchises).

“And sixth. You are you name it. You’re everything bad about America. You’re the reason people hate America. You want to stop career politicians from running the country. You don’t want to give free stuff to everybody. You think everybody should get a job. Therefore, you are deplorable and not elite.”

“You are irredeemable, and thankfully you are not American. Definitely, not in the elite basket.”

Or, am I in the basket with those who feel the government has let them down and need understanding and empathy. Perhaps I am a victim and don’t know it. Will someone please understand and empathize with me as well.