Crazy to the left. Jokers to the right.

And I’m stuck here in the middle and finding myself with fewer and fewer options. It’s a real sickening feeling watching all this play out. Right now, the right’s craziness is moving ever faster off the deep end, precisely because they’re out of power and because there isn’t a unifying voice that can rally around the center-right to right wing, focusing on the big topics under a big tent. So, demagogues and charlatans are filling the void. But the left is surely doing the same, as their pursuit of power has meant that the left isn’t merely satisfied with changing the drapes. They want wholesale changes to fulfill their own ideological and political needs. And the media is feeding both sides.