Over thirty years ago I came to the conclusion that Republicans are bad people. In the intervening years that conclusion has only been confirmed in my mind and it only gets worse with every passing year. Perhaps the tide will finally turn when those Trump voters who lose their health care suddenly wake up to the fact that they've been duped. But I'm not overly optimistic about that happening since those people only watch Fox News and will be utterly convinced that it was Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama who ripped the rug out from underneath them and not the slimy Republicans hiding behind closed doors and avoiding the light of day like cockroaches. And the sad American decline will continue. Yes, there's no moral equivalence when one party is hellbent on improving the quality of life for the tippy top 1% and making it worse for everyone else. But as long as those at the bottom continue to believe the lies told by the people they keep electing, we're all doomed.