YDR bestowed upon its readers their official endorsement...er...anti-endorsement today. The article is titled "Don't vote for Trump."

To quote from the editorial:

It’s sad and disconcerting to drive around York County and see so many Trump yard signs.

Do his supporters not see what a bully and a buffoon he is?

Can they not see his greed and hypocrisy?

Are they not troubled by his stiffing of the workers who built his gleaming, mirage of an empire? Or by his negotiation via lawsuit?

Do they really think a man who has managed to bankrupt casinos is a business genius who can turn around the American economy?

Have they actually read any of his incoherent and improbable policy proposals?

Can’t they see that his relationship to the truth is at least as tenuous as Ms. Clinton’s?

Do they really think this reality show star has anything in common with the common man – or would lift a finger off the scales that tilt the benefits of this economy decidedly toward him and his fellow plutocrats?

There's more, but I'll stop there. I know the answer to these questions because I have spent the last months...weeks...and especially the last few days listening to Trump supporters.

Trump supporters know that he is a bully. They know he is a buffoon. They know he is greedy, that he lies, that he has stiffed workers and been sued countless times. They know that his policy proposals lack substance. They know that, all things considered, he has never known the life that many of those who will be voting for him in November have experienced. He lives a life of luxury.

I've heard his supporters agree with a lot of those statements. Many of them are more than willing to agree that his taped comments from 11 years ago were disgusting. Many of them are more than willing to agree that his plans lack substance. Many of them are more than willing to agree that his business dealings have flopped.

But he lives a life of fear and anger, and that's all that matters to them.

He is the spokesman for the afraid and angry. The words that come out of Donald Trump's mouth are the thoughts that millions of Americans keep to themselves because we are expected to maintain a modicum of decency in our dealings with others. By saying what he does, in some way Trump satisfies their innermost urges.

Imagine that you were driving down the road and someone cut you off. You imagine yourself pulling up to the next stop light, getting out of your car, walking up to their window and demanding that they roll it down. You imagine pulling them out of their car and threatening them. You imagine struggling with them, beating them down, teaching them a lesson. You imagine walking back to your car and driving away feeling like a winner. Then you shake off the thought, because that's all it was - you would never actually do any of that because people wouldn't like you very much if that's what you did all the time.

But now imagine that you had someone around to do those things for you. That you had someone who would speak your vilest thoughts for you. Someone who would threaten people for you. Someone who would hurt people for you. Someone who would teach all of those people a lesson. That is what Trump represents to his supporters - a strong man who will get the job done because society will shame them if they do it themselves.

Trump's supporters are afraid of leaving their comfort zone. They are afraid of the idea that mankind is permanently damaging the environment. They are afraid of the idea that their God might not exist. They are afraid of the idea that gender and sexuality might not be as black-and-white as they thought it was. They are afraid of the idea that America might not be the greatest country on the planet. They are afraid of the idea that people are too greedy and destructive to allow for a smaller government.

But what I've found, more often than not, is that people are against what they know about Trump because he has said and done things that can be confirmed. Trump supporters are afraid of what they believe about terrorists, homosexuals, Muslims, immigrants, etc. and there is often little to no evidence that their beliefs are realistic. Trump's supporters, however, are willing to set aside what they know about Trump because what they believe will happen if they leave their comfort zone is too frightening for them to handle.

Just my two cents.