Indeed Nick, great points. But we are either in the twilight zone or missing something. The odd thing is that if Trump wins, he will be making Vance's point that democracy is NOT worth bothering with. We will be witnessing the end of the rule of law, via the mother of all jury nullifications. His impeachment was a slam dunk, as well as were his convictions, but somehow it just enhanced his Mein Kampf (my struggle) stick. If someone wrote a screen play of all the twists and turn that allowed Trump continue to plague us, no one would believe it. Talk about conspiracies, this tale of the Rise of the 4th Reich certainly reveals a BIG FIX at work. The GOP's shift to the Gestapo Operative's Party has actually been in the works for a few decades. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/democracy-redux-reflections-for-the-fourth-of-july-12c1afbab4cd