text: As 2016 drew closer to its second half, the signs and symptoms that the fix was in at the DNC became clearer.  The smell of collusion and complicity was in the air.  We knew who the obvious beneficiary was, but not how the deal had gone down.
  
  Now that the details are coming out, they're not really that surprising.  Clinton expected a cakewalk to the coronation, but Sanders was the one who attracted everyone's interest.  Caught flatfooted, Clinton resorted to old-school backroom politics.  My, how naive and innocent those days seem now, faced with America's own Big Orange Duterte.
  
  I'd love a do-over, but between Trump and Sanders this time.  Auwe, that'd be sweet!  May the best septuagenarian win!