It has been said that politics is theater, in Hawaii politics is the theater of the absurd. The myopic, ethnocentric, xenophobic mindset of the local elites is epitomized by the elected officials of all party affiliations.

The Trump candidacy is both illuminating and entertaining.  For local Republicans, looking at Trump is akin to gazing into a mirror.  

Local Democrats cannot take much pleasure in the plight of the Republican Party as contemplating a reprise of the Clintons in the White House is to gaze into the abyss.

"We get the government we deserve."   - Alexis de Tocqueville -