STATE OF THE UNION: THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF

Proceed at your own risk: STATE OF THE UNION: THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF:

"Those in denial benignly smile and see what they imagine to be 'the big picture.' They are working from 'within' the system. They sweep up all the horrible facts and hide them under some intellectual rug. They live in a world of grotesque stereotypes writing off dissenting human beings as apologists, cowards, Canadians and the French. They believe that Americans have a direct hot-line to righteousness and see things that others are incapable of understanding. They've convinced themselves that the Republicans haven't seized power through big lies, misinformation, an unconstitutional and illegal use of evangelical churches and illegal election rigging, but rather that the Democrats can't put up good candidates. Like all dictators, despots, traitors and fascists, the Republicans are brilliant at propaganda, disinformation and the art of the big lie. They're masters at providing the fairy tales that the deniers so badly need to hear."