Those historical disagreements were <i>about</i> something. So much of the current sound and fury is just the marketing department of the status quo attempting to convince us that there&#x27;s a debate going on at all. On a giant polo field of political possibility, the Bushes and Clintons fight furiously over a tiny postage stamp of &quot;acceptable&quot; policies. Anyone venturing outside that is just cra<i>aaa</i>azy!<p>It sort of backfired on TPTB this time around, however. Not only did they get annoying one-step-beyond-the-pale &quot;alternatives&quot; like Cruz, they also got legitimately different directions like Sanders and Paul. TPTB had wisely saved the easily-controlled pseudo-alternative Trump for this election, though, so he&#x27;s been able to take the wind out of those sails. His two terms will be like a rerun of W&#x27;s (or, frankly, O&#x27;s). In eight years, though, to whom will they turn? There&#x27;s no way Hillary will be able to stomach &quot;standing by her man&quot; for that much longer. Christie is just too fat. If you want to see the <i>next</i> fake-alternative president before anyone else does, keep watching those reality shows!