Good one! 

Except that bit about the "very angry 30-40% of the population."  I think many of us are angry much of the time, and most of us are angry at least some of the time.  (Argue with that, I dare you!) 

So the clown himself is a distraction from the "circus" he personifies.  Could be.  Like some others, I keep wondering about all the OTHER news that's not making headlines these days.  

However, I'm also fascinated when some of Margaret Wente's columns attract literally HUNDREDS of comments (Coding for Kids--another silly fad-250 comments! "How privileged are you? Take this test to find out" 306 comments!) while news stories on serious issues routinely garner fewer than 50 comments.  What's that prove I wonder?