Trump can still shock me ... how about you?

[chriscan64]

26. The phrase "shocked but not surprised" is the new "at the end of the day"

In one sense, I am not shocked to find us further down a road I thought we were on. The consumers of right wing radio were exploited and conditioned to reject objective proof from scientists and journalists. The gop establishment seemed to be in control. They wrote the scripts for the radio shows, but held and wielded the real power. I always guessed there would be a reckoning, but how that would play out turned out to be what was shocking.

The gop created a Frankenstein monster that turned on them. When John McCain told the woman at a town hall that Obama was a good man, it was not a turning point, just a milestone showing the direction to our present. They would not settle for "he's a good man, we just disagree."

They wanted a monster, someone who would insult the Democrats like they heard on the radio, not just bicker over the top marginal tax rate. It called for a cartoon character, but nobody could be that shallow, divisive and egotistical. The true shock is that a person exists that fits the bill.