U.S. Sen. Sanders rallies in Lubbock of all places

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317. 100%, except surely they were vulnerable

from the very beginning to messages of antigovernment contempt and disaffection that serve our nation's enemies, foreign and domestic both. This stuff does not resonate with most people and is rejected.

You're completely right about all of it. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. And it's increasing in intensity and prevalence with microtargeting of messages directly to those vulnerable to them.

And look at their product. Like Kinky Friedman, whose attitudes are proudly hostile to 90% of America and our government and traditions. The party of anti-authoritarian liberalism is corrupt (everyone?!). Republicans might be okay after all. But at least he's identified two uncorrupt ones, bonding with one from the nationalist right and one from the more radical left. Huh?

Of course they're both populist leaders whose messages spread their own distrust and disrespect for our mainstream political institutions, plus to Trump's wing vast distrust and dislike of other peoples, and to the left wing a vast intolerance for all who don't agree with them. All messages useful for tearing our nation apart.

And of course those with inborn elevated tendencies to distrust and suspicion are only one useful type. Any group prone to disliking something about our liberal heritage of internal and external cooperation among peoples is vulnerable for turning into active opposition.

I imagine research would turn up a bunch of strategic spoiler candidacies, like this Kinky Friedman's, at all levels. How to purge mainstream values from city councils and school boards.

I wonder how much Hillary and those she spoke with were aware of when she first spoke of a vast right wing conspiracy. Technology facilitating this was already in place, but nothing compared to what's developed since.

Well, it's voting day, and this year Tuesdays are not happy days for these seditionists.