I'm too old for this shite.
While some will argue that it is only the small percentage of the primary voters in the GOP primaries that are insane, that they even have the means to act out their insanity is as much a symptom of the American condition as is their enthusiasm for he who shall not be named (HWSNBN).
The advent of cable “news”, talk radio and the internet have fueled this insanity. Years ago most communities had more than one newspaper, usually competing for one ideology or another. Sure in the past there were radio stations that would feed the fires with the likes of Father Coughlin. These were short lived. Even Joe McCarthy only lasted a few years. The present insanity has been going on for decades.
Going North on I-5 there would be a John Birch Society billboard just past Vancouver. “Oh look honey, its those crazy Birchers.” Nothing to see, just the usual unhinged nutcases. Little did we know they and their ilk were just biding their time.
The 60s gave rise to a turbulent decade which allowed the conservative narrative to be unleashed full throttle. Civil rights and the war allowed the reactionary right to tear off the facade of hatred, bigotry and imperialism they had hidden behind while America was in the throes of a Leave it to Beaver dream. The rise of Ronald Regan was orgasmic for them. Its been a downhill slide into madness ever since.
8 years of the first black president was too much for them as was Bill Clinton, the upstart from Arkansas that upset the system by beating GHWB, the establishment candidate. And now they are reaping the whirlwind.
With their unbounded hatred for Hillary they have continued to keep her front and center which has only created a base of support for her that might have not materialized if they had not kept pounding the drums against her. Now they are fucked. On one hand she looks to be the presumptive dem nominee and HWSNBN will be her opponent. Boy howdy!
There are so many real problems facing the world and the discussion is about HWSNBN’s dick size! Nothing about famine, drought, rising sea levels, wars, income inequality, gun violence etc.. No, all the air is getting sucked out of the room by lies and misinformation (e.g. both side do it).
The armed take over of the Malhuer Wildlife Refuge (see diary pic), was a prime example of the insanity which has been unleashed. That there was even one sentence not questioning these domestic terrorist spewed out by the talking hairdos and even opinions agreeing and condoning their actions say it all.
I will let the Rude One have the Coda.
HWSNBN Is Our Monster Now and We Have No Way to Destroy Him
What a fucking joke. After decades of giving a winking pass to conservative rhetoric and actions that, under any reasonable examination, would be considered extremist, after treating demonstrable lies like they are facts deserving of discussion (like welfare queens, Willie Horton, Swift Boat vet allegations, and birther nonsense), citizens are comfortable to wallow in ignorance as long as that stupidity hard-on is massaged and not slapped down. And that's on you, all of you, and not just Fox "news" and the conservative blogosphere, which flourished because, in the wake of the success of Fox, in particular, you cowered, flinched, and said, "Uncle" to the false god of "balance" instead of "truth." You are active accomplices, if not outright enablers, to the rise of HWSNBN. And your failure to call a lie "a lie" is your shame.
Needs a theme song