Here We Go Again - Maybe

Most of us voted against all that MAGA shit last week, but because our Political Memory is dysfunctional, and we're practically full-on disabled in the Political Intelligence Department, a shitload of us voted for people who have told us pretty much straight up that they intend to dismantle American democracy.

So why would Trump not decide to take another crack at it?

I think Ann Telnaes at WaPo gets it about right:

I still think Trump didn't really want to win in 2016. He wanted to be on stage dancing in the spotlight, throwing all manner of shit in the air so he could rake in piles of cash without producing anything more than a political soap opera in real time. 

And this morning, right on cue, guess what pops up in my email:

He's still dialed in on the WinRed fund raising mechanism, which pays him an enormous amount, and he's already announced his "campaign" will include fewer people and cost a lot less than last time, so taken together, he can fleece the rubes for millions, then make an excuse for not continuing (hopefully AG Garland gives him that excuse), at which time, he gets to pocket anything left in his campaign coffers as he makes his grandly magnanimous exit, aiming to become the Great Republican Mentor - the king maker - the real power behind the throne.

None of which can be true, but all of which will be considered Gospel by the MAGArube devotees.

And of course, I could be wrong - fake lord knows that's happened before - but hey, ya heard it here first.