re: #39 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We were damaged and vulnerable to start with: DT and his supporters (both foreign and domestic) just exploited and exacerbated that situation.

Well, yes, the Iraq War really really hurt, and also, the lack of response during/after Katrina. The good French folks in my village just couldn’t believe the US Government would let go of a city like that. The images on TV were damning.