Commentary by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The last thing this world needs is one more opinion piece about the 2016 Presidential Election. For that I apologize.

I vowed to myself I was not going to comment about this election until it was over. I almost made it. I was content to just let things go, and wake up on Nov. 9 knowing that the election is over and we will soon have a new President. Then I could get on with my life, hoping I’ll never have to live through another election like this.

But then two things happened. Wednesday morning, as I was getting my cup of coffee, taking my ADHD medicine and trying to determine whether to supply Sumner County news in my skivvies or actually getting dressed, Frank Luntz was on CBS This Morning making some sense (see video here).

Luntz is this short stumpy man you see on Fox News after a debate interviewing undecided voters. I like Luntz. He is one of the few newscasters out there who seems not to be a political hack.

The CBS reporters were asking him why there is so much divisiveness. He said one of the issues is no one wants to talk about the real issues. He stated:

“This campaign is insane. It is driving voters to the brink of absolutely giving up on the political process… Voters want to know what you want to do on healthcare, they want to know what you are doing to address a $20 trillion debt. In the end they are tired of this personality based politics.”

I was reminded of this on Friday when FBI Director James Comey decided to re-open the investigation on Clinton’s e-mail. Holy Moly, here we go again. Left-wing media sources and Democrats were aghast how Comey could betray them. The Republicans were sharpening their knives ready to start a full-scale investigation before Hillary could even get elected.

In the meantime, ISIS continues to grow its operatives, refugees continue to flood the world, and Congress has still not done its job in selecting a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

If there was one winning issue for the Republicans it would have been the Affordable Care Act, a boondoggle of legislation that basically says healthcare will be more affordable to you but it will cost you more than ever before. I heard my premiums are going up 30 percent. Maybe I should sell my car.

I realize Jeb Bush isn’t sexy and doesn’t have great soundbites, but had he been nominated by the Republicans like most people thought he would when this all started, he would be enjoying a double digit lead over Hillary.

My big beef with Hillary and I hate to go back to the e-mail scandal, but it is so “Clinton” of her. If she gets elected we are going to get four years of scandal and controversy. She and her first gentleman Bill play loose with the rules and do so with arrogance. It might have worked well in the 1990s but in this age of social media, how is that going to work out?

As far as Donald Trump, where would I even begin to start? Of all the disappointing things Mr. Trump has uttered, the ones where he is throwing fellow Republicans under the bus bothers me the most. If this man gets elected exactly who is going to be in his cabinet? He has already alienated the Republican leadership, and has put the party in shambles.

Any form of legislation introduced by Trump will be dead on arrival because he won’t have the aid of his own party to help pass it through. I know a lot of you think of Trump as a John Wayne – an outsider who is coming in to clean up Washington.

But I think he would be a rather weak President. He shows no sign of having any kind of diplomatic skills and no real intellectual capacity to solve complex issues.

I stumbled across this quote from the San Diego Union, a Republican newspaper, who endorsed a Democrat for President for the first time in its 148 year history:

“Terrible leaders can knock nations off course. Venezuela is falling apart because of the obstinance and delusions of Hugo Chávez and his successor. Argentina is finally coming out of the chaos created by Cristina Kirchner and several of her predecessors. Trump could be our Chávez, our Kirchner. We cannot take that risk.”

I have looked at candidates elsewhere and neither Gary Johnson or Jill Stein have shown me they can lead this country either.

So where does this leave me?

I guess when I walk into an election booth next week at the Sumner County courthouse to advance vote, I’m going to vote for a state senator, a state representative and two half-cent sales tax issues in Sumner County. I’ll probably vote for a U.S. Senator and Representative.

But when it comes to President of the United States, I’m leaving my ballot blank.

There is no Presidential candidate in 2016 who is worthy of my vote.

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