Well , until now there was never a situation where a candidate could lie so brazenly and still be popular . People would refuse to vote for someone like that . This election has created an unprecedented situation large swathes of the country simply don ' t care that he ' s a proven liar . The founding fathers could never have imagined such a situation , and neither could most of the country , right up until it happened . I could write thousands of words about what this implies . Do the people just not take the job of president seriously any more ? Is lying actually not the terrible sin it used to be ? Have we become so cynical about the media that when they tell us someone should be unelectable , we ignore them ? Has government so badly failed people that when given the chance , they will actively try and destroy it ? Has it been so long since the country faced a real crisis that we ' ve just let one in the back door without noticing ?