Career politicians are not all respectable and honorable, absolutely. But some of them are. I have little doubt that Hilary would have been much more than a caretaker president. But she would not have attacked, insulted, and defamed America.

"Trump... is open about his character mostly." I'm not sure that's entirely true, but I can certainly see that what we know of his character makes him deplorable. If you see him as the lesser evil, I am sure you have facts to back that up. Again, I don't know what Clinton would have done; she might have been worse. But I sure would have bet against that.

I'm afraid I missed Michael Moore's speech that praised Donald Trump, or that castigated Hilary Clinton; you might need to cite part of it for me to judge it entirely.

Hilary cheated on the debates? If you saw this, you and I watched VERY different debates, my friend. Yes, debates are worth what you pay for them; but I saw who behaved like a professional and an adult, and who behaved like a semi-intelligent chimpanzee.

And to be sure, we are not speaking of Sanders and most politicians; we're talking about Trump and Clinton. If you saw - or see - a happy future with Trump as president, then I hope like anything that you're right. But past performance seems to indicate nothing positive in our future from him.

You couldn't have written that with a straight face.  

He is absolutely, 100% not "open about his character".  Not even "mostly".  He's denied "grab 'em by the pussy" saying that "women love him".  He's downplayed his extreme dislike of Mexicans by saying that "Trump Tower has the best Taco Salad".  He mocks a disabled reporter but then has this to say in his own defense: "Despite having one of the all-time great memories, I certainly do not remember him."  He has called certain African countries "shitholes" (at the same meeting he also said "Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out.") yet when called on it, denies making any of the statements despite numerous people in the room (including many Republicans) corroborating reports that he did. He blamed "both sides" for Charlottesville, then walked it back to condemnations of Neo Nazis, then reversed again the next day to blaming "both sides" for the actions of a single group that resulted in a murder.  This is a man that uses coded language for a host of minorities including Muslims, Jews, African Americans, Mexicans and (really) anyone who isn't white, yet claims that he's not racist because he's "got friends" who are X.

A few.  Just a few examples of a man who denies, obfuscates or otherwise outright lies about remarks he has actually said which actually point to his character and which have real world implications on the policy he wants to enact. That's hardly a person who is "open about his character mostly".  If you're really open about yourself you don't lie to cover up the bad parts, you don't shift blame for the bad parts of yourself onto other people and you don't deny what you actually say.  Saying what you believe in and standing behind it is being open.  Saying what you really believe then lying to cover up the bad parts ain't being open.