This is odd for me, but things are so bizarre, it is hard to even know what to say about it.

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30. Someone above mentioned Caligula... I second that thought.

Beyond this, the man is just plain demented... both psychologically from the time he was a child to now, and in the present tense with senile dementia. Every time he opens his mouth, I hear words that were coming from my Mom when we made the hard choice to put her in a memory home. Even the aggression, revenge, racism, etc. Understand, my mom was the sweetest person you could know when she was in her prime. She had a hugely hard life growing up, and she married too early and had kids too early. She never had a chance to see what her life could be on her own terms. But when she hit about 68, she was over the moon scary. No inhibitions whatsoever. Completely paranoid. Didn't even recognize my husband any longer, though she'd been living with us for 2 years. I see the same things in trump. trump is not really the problem. Oh, what he does will be problematic, revengeful, hurtful, and will kill people right and left. The main problem is the foundational republican mafia that has arisen. The Heritage type think tanks that began back when FDR created the New Deal. They've been working all these decades behind the scenes to make this day happen, and they're not about to back down now.

They tried to implement their plan in Iraq and Afghanistan during the war, but it didn't work there. Thing is, it's not going to work ANYWHERE because people fundamentally want to be free... people want the right to be left the f*ck alone. They're belief is that Conservativism can't fail - only people can fail conservatism. They believe this so strongly because their billions depend on it. If they want the riches of the world, they can't believe anything else.

The ballot box is gone. Republicans will see to that. You think gerrymandering is bad now? Just wait. Democrats will never have a chance to have a majority again. And, even if they could the minority will never let them express it. It's time to face up to the truth and make some hard decisions. We can't live with these people. Period. So, do you want to fight, shoot, and kill them? Or give up land and move people around to create two countries? That's the only way this old lady from a red state sees hope now.