An Apt Comparison

…as if one were needed.

I was a high school long hair kid in 1972. We derelicts hated Establishment squares like Donald. But anyway. I judge the debate by a random comparison of 1972, the year I live in mentally.

Donald Trump in 1972: (NY Times profile)

“He is tall, lean and blond, with dazzling white teeth, and he looks ever so much like Robert Redford. He rides around town in a chauffeured silver Cadillac with his initials, DJT, on the plates. He dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most elegant clubs and, at only 30 years of age, estimates that he is worth ‘more than $200 million.’ (That’s gone up a bit.)”

Joe Biden in 1972: (Wikipedia)

“Became the US junior senator from Delaware.
His campaign had almost no money, and he was given no chance of winning.Family members managed and staffed the campaign, which relied on meeting voters face-to-face and hand-distributing position papers, an approach made feasible by Delaware’s small size. He received some help from the AFL–CIO and Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell. His platform focused on withdrawal from Vietnam, the environment, civil rights, mass transit, more equitable taxation, health care, and public dissatisfaction with “politics as usual”