2016 will make for an interesting year if Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, and Hillary Clinton's worlds collide in popular media. All 3 provide for interesting contrasts that will cause our country to confront the hypocrisy of being loyal to political ideologies and parties. Here is where things could get messy. The arrest of Bill Cosby at the end of 2015 has the potential to divide the African-American community over Trump and Clinton. The arrest of Cosby demonstrates how whites still live in a power vacuum. His arrest will be challenged by some including Trump as a stark contrast to Bill Clinton getting a pass for his behaviors that were equally as troublesome. Hillary may have to face her own political demons regarding how she can forgive a person accused over 20 times of sexually inappropriate behaviors without any consequence.
The greater challenge may be the 2 party system. Trump has disrupted the Republican Party and the trial of Cosby may provided a challenge for the Democratic Party. For years, the support of women's rights in the Democratic Party has given some in power a political pass for their behavior. Trump is surely going to challenge conventional wisdom of the party elite by using the abandonment of Cosby by the party as a prime example of their hypocrisy. The greater challenge for both parties may come from the debates themselves. People are increasingly choosing third parties or no party at all. Millennial voters are growing increasing less allegiant to a 2 party system, instead preferring a parliamentary mentality that many ideas can coexist without political parties gridlocking singular issues. 2016 will be an interesting year and Trump, Clinton, and Cosby will provide the backdrop for many interesting conversations.
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