that Karl Rove and Ken Blackwell stole the 2004 election for Dubs in Ohio, and the agonizingly long investigation and endless allegations that Trump and Putie stole the 2016 election. I've also lived through the naked corruption of the voting process with ever-increasing "absentee" ballots, electronic voting, the counting of votes received after election day, and election results that take weeks to tally. Don't even start with this crapola about poisoning the well with the American public and voting.

Anyone who acts according to whether others will admire him is a vapid twit. Israel has been hated since its creation. Britain faced widespread hatred in the 19th and into the 20th centuries, even after leading the way in abolishing slavery and bringing rule of law and increased standards of living to countless places. Furthermore, I can think many virtuous men in history who were reviled, and also one Savior. It fits that you think what is important is how others see you and us.

Can you name any autocrat who took six years and counting to erase a democracy?