Trump or Hillary as President, who else is petrified?

[SilverBullet]

How is it that the third parties are immune from this logic? When scrutinized in the same way as the two major parties, the alternatives don't exactly come up smelling of roses. Further, the third parties have had years and years and years to sway public opinion and have very little to show for it.

This election was essentially a replay of 2000. Looking at it nationally, the Libs and Greens are pretty much exactly where they were or even worse off than 16 years ago. There were no big awakenings and no lessons learned then, why would that happen now? Even the Tea Party in its much shorter time has made a bigger impact than both Libs and Greens combined. Ka-ray-zee.

Not saying I'm opposed to third parties, mind you, but applying your reasoning to the existing options just seems to equal more "insanity."

I haven't seen Johnson or Stein involved in criminal activity and even if they were its the addition of parties (choices) that is the goal rather than a president elect.
Furthermore their movent has and will be slow, you cant expect to plant a seed and have a forest in a short period of time.
Im not sure which part of the above logic is "ka-ray-zee" but if you would like I will address each of your questions.