Outrage fatigue

I'm relatively sure you saw this in the news this morning. Or this afternoon. It is - potentially - a game-changing event. And it happened right in front of our very eyes. Yes, the President was quoted and seemed to be taking inappropriate credit for a questionable outcome that could have been embraced as avoidable. When asked about the President's statement, the Minority leader reminded us that this opinion was tantamount to supporting not just Hitleresque socialism, but the complete and final dismantling of the Constitution. While Constitutional scholars seemed to dismiss this conclusion as bombastic, the Network reported it on their 6PM news, then had several regular panelists debate the degree to which they agreed with the opinion. It was pointed out this opinion lowers the standing of the United States in the world, and increases the risk of terrorist activities. When asked about the opinion and the network's portrayal of the opinion, key majority leaders alluded to a consistent and palpable intolerance of the President's race and the unfathomable mess he inherited from the previous President. They shook their heads in unison at the blatant disregard for common sense and the obvious subterfuge of the minority party's opinion. Thinly veiled accusations of special interest money working puppet strings to craft the minority opinion were volleyed, and a junior member was committed to investigating the possibility of a tangible link. A noted liberal newspaper published a scathing article documenting not only the lack of factual support for the minority opinion, but their prior support for an incredibly similar opinion just 7 short years ago. Minority junior representatives gathered in front of the House of Congress to quote the Founding Father's principals of forming the Federalist Papers and how the President's opinion is diametrically opposed to anything remotely related to the founding of our nation. The publication released a Sunday magazine piece dismantling every component of the minority opinion and detailing the contributions made to each committee member's campaign to support the opposition to the President's opinion. Uber-smug late-night news-opinion show hosts railed with indignity at the hubris displayed in complete and total disregard for the public's intelligence and integrity. The minority's network - while rebutting the opinion show host's piece - broke in to the broadcast with breaking news of a majority party candidate in a key primary being accused of indiscretion indicative of a Nazi-loving state dissolver. The public yawned. Then the broadcast was interrupted by breaking news of a completely outrageous and embarrassing opinion made in Washington...