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Wow… man you made me laugh about Lizzo. Can’t wait to read this. Maybe she should be his running mate and both can sit and eat a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken together. And you are so correct about The Donald. It’s too complicated to express how a monster like him can become so popular but I always have said look within and discover what we are doing wrong to understand how he can grow into such legitimacy. Look within as you look without.

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How did we get here? The GOP had been laying the groundwork for decades. The pieces: phony, evidence-free claims of voter fraud; assertions of media bias for reporting the truth; the glorification of violence through gun worship; and the other big lie -- that white people are the victims of discrimination. Trump had quite a launch pad.

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And slowly but surely taking over all the state legislatures so as to gerrymander the districts. Man, Rove et Al., did a real number on this country.

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And we let this happen! Let's make sure, in the future, that we never ever be so passive again.

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Frivolous as it was nevertheless.

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Fundamentally grievance sharing with his base.

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