The reason no one thinks this picking of sides works is because of self-assumed innocence on the part of the people proposing picking sides will cure "everything.; No one is innocent in context. I just stumbled on the realization that both liberals and conservatives are full of shi*t . Both, not either or. Not one or the other.

It's amazing to a few of us that most people are pre-conditioned to side-picking. This is the reason for the perpetual swings between Republicans and Democrats. What does that tell you? It tells me that its a cyclical shift of dissatisfacton with the side that wins a majority in government at all levels. Give a faulty thinker enough time (usually about 2 years) and they will screw up in some way. So for the next 2 years people anticipate electing to other side.

It was this fight between Republicans and Democrats that led to Trump changing into the dangerous individual he has become. The Democrats began attacking Trump from day one. Does anyone NOT expect him to react in defense?

Watching the same movie once gives only the first look. Watching the same movie six times give one much more knowledge, one sees more on each successive pass.

Trump is just the first candidate to realize he could win by just telling an alternate "truth" and to indulge in illegal practices safely hidden behind his savior image projection. Hitler and later dictators all realized this before Trump came along. Become a savior and gain the power to do anything you like.

We do not need credentials to see and broad cast what we see after enough examination. You only need a long experience. Short-timers aren't patient enough to get the long experience.

Nevertheless, you have written a fine story. Multiple claps and a follow is my reaction. Live long and prosper, Dustin.