'Ol PJ's still pretty smart.
In this febrile, uncertain world, O'Rourke also finds himself in the weird position of endorsing a Democrat: Hillary Clinton.
"It's the second-worst thing that can happen to this country," he said of her potential presidency in May. "But she's way behind in second place. I mean, she's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters."
Of Donald Trump, he has said: "I mean, this man just can't be president. They've got this button, you know, in the briefcase. He's going to find it."
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"With Trump - please don't play the Hitler card - he's more like Evita [the Argentinian first lady Eva Peron]."
Is he scared of Trump?
"I am scared of Trump in two ways. This office of the president has too much power. And then putting a lunatic in power... he's just a fool - incredibly shallow and a liar - he's not even that successful, not even that rich. There's nothing predictable about him. When you have the outsized power of the president, that unpredictability is unacceptable."
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/31/pj-orourke-says-blame-the-elites-for-trump-and-brexit-and-vote-for-clinton
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