There are certain things we've started to take for granted in the WWF Smackdown of American politics, like Trial By Media.  It goes right along with Guilty Until Proven Innocent and other wonderful erosions of concepts that actually made this country great...

And it's funny to hear those on the right, usually quick to condemn on the appearance of impropriety, suddenly the champions of due process when it comes to one of the least defensible characters ever to run for president, and I'm not talking about Hillary.

Meanwhile the poor are condemned the moment police set hands to them, and run through a corrupt legal system where money often buys a way out.  Most come out unable to vote, for one.

Can we look beyond the charade, to the kind of America these side-shows are creating, as Right and Left hands trade shells on our disappearing liberties?  TRUMP DOESN'T MATTER.  Let's ignore the showman for a change and focus on what does.