Economy

. . . in so many ways, Palin presaged 💩 . It's like she was the trial run, and when the RWNJ powers saw how close they could come with her -- ignorant, hypocritical, racist, anti-environment, but with a certain cheap charisma -- it was just one step to 2016. All they needed was someone they could easily manipulate via his narcissism, while they spent the eight Obama years whipping the base into a frenzy. And they continue to do so.

And there's no logic that will persuade them otherwise. If "God" appoints leaders, then "God" must have appointed Hitler (or 💩 .). If "God" wouldn't make a bad person powerful, then Hitler (💩 couldn't have been bad. This is the kind of tautology I've heard over and over and over again. And it justifies ALL of their evil deeds.